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Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by prideout on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:22PM (#50447136)
I heard he was writing a book about the Cosmic Distance Ladder. I was looking forward to that, I hope this isn't what it evolved into.
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Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by chrisczura on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:28PM (#50447780)
It is listed as 'in preparation' when you click on |> Books and scroll to the bottom of the list at: https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/index.html
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Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by gnabgib on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:29PM (#50447792)
You could link directly: https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/climbing-the-cosmic-distanc...
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Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by losvedir on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:58PM (#50449280)
He did a great collaboration with 3Blue1Brown on it: https://youtu.be/YdOXS_9_P4U . Didn't realize there a book coming, cool!
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