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Climbing the cosmic distance ladder: another sample chapter

Terence Tao
Five years ago, I announced a popular science book project with Tanya Klowden on the cosmic distance ladder, in which we released a sample draft chapter of the book, covering the “fourth rung” of the ladder, which for us meant the distances to the planets. In the intervening time, a number of unexpected events have […]