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Letter: Astro-pology

Published 16 January 2013

From Derek Long

Feedback, and correspondent Bryn Glover, need to go back to their roots (22/29 December). The word “astronomy” has nothing to do with naming, but everything to do with nomos – law, order, arrangement. But I agree that “astrology” might be a better word for what astronomers do.

Liverpool, UK

Issue no. 2900 published 19 January 2013

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