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Of all the subfields which make up the discipline of astronomy today stellar populations must surely be one of the most difficult to explain to the lay person. From the first day of this meeting I took the notion that this was the invention of a charismatic individual with a particular genius for bridging the gap between stellar and extragalactic research, a bridge which is probably still very relevant to maintain today.
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Mould, J. (1995). Conference Summary. In: van der Kruit, P.C., Gilmore, G. (eds) Stellar Populations. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 164. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0125-7_34
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