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This paper presents a brief review of how some key developments in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology emerged over the last few decades - and offers some speculations on what issues will challenge the next generation.
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Rees, M.J. (2017). Thoughts on 50 Years in Astrophysics and Cosmology and on What Comes Next. In: Bagla, J., Engineer, S. (eds) Gravity and the Quantum. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 187. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51700-1_21
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