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Exploring Astrophysics: From Eratosthenes to Kepler

5/2/2025

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Join Terence Tao and Grant Sanderson as they journey through the captivating history of astrophysics! Discover how Eratosthenes ingeniously calculated Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BCE and marvel at Kepler's groundbreaking revelation of our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun. This exploration celebrates the brilliant minds that shaped our understanding of the cosmos.

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Join Terence Tao and Grant Sanderson as they journey through the captivating history of astrophysics! Discover how Eratosthenes ingeniously calculated Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BCE and marvel at Kepler's groundbreaking revelation of our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun. This exploration celebrates the brilliant minds that shaped our understanding of the cosmos.