The Cosmic Distance Ladder

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Introduces the Hubble law, parsec, and redshift in observational cosmology.

Explores the effects of COVID-19 on observatories, focusing on ESO and JWST.

Explores the history, detection, and significance of gravitational waves, covering key experiments and projects in gravitational wave astronomy.

Explores the inequality of seasons by examining the Earth's orbit and the causes of the seasons in architecture and gnomonics.

Explores the matter content in the universe, including galaxy mass, dark matter relics, and the history of the universe.

Explores the transition from ancient spherical models to Kepler's ellipses in astronomy.

Explores ellipses, conic sections, Kepler's laws, and geometric reconstruction in architectural modeling.

Explores epicyclic curves in astronomy, from ancient Greeks to Kepler, discussing Ptolemy's Almagest and Copernicus' heliocentric system.

Compares the geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe proposed by Ptolemy and Copernicus.

Covers gnomonics, the measurement of time using shadows and the relationship with latitude and solar time.

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