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Arch. Hist. Exact Sci.
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Astron. Nachr.
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Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc.
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Sheynin, O.B. On the history of the statistical method in astronomy. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 29, 151–199 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348245
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