Seeing the Surfaces of Stars

@article{Quirrenbach2007SeeingTS,
  title={Seeing the Surfaces of Stars},
  author={Andreas Quirrenbach},
  journal={Science},
  year={2007},
  volume={317},
  pages={325 - 326}
}
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