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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang explore the long history of collaboration between celestial explorers and military strategists. This narrative reveals that the tools used to map the stars are often the same instruments used to win wars. From early navigators using constellations to guide naval fleets to modern scientists developing global positioning systems, the quest for knowledge has always …

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