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Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos, Part 1 [video] (youtube.com)
10 points by vo2maxer 11 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


May I please add that it feels so wrong that we are not taught this part of the cosmic ladder in school. This video - especially the concise yet insightful description of how the Martian orbit was found - is really inspiring. The quality of the work is incredible when you combine elegant math with the 3b1b/tao goodness.


Cool collab.

Tao’s oft given talk about the cosmic distance ladder has always been my favorite thing he has done.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ne0GArfeMs




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