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Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2010-12-29 11:02 pm

Scale of Time



A zooming view of all time, from the Big Bang to the Bomb. Ideas very welcome!

[personal profile] battlekitty 2010-12-30 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm - The pyramids of Giza seem to stand out - one or two other architectural type things like the first skyscraper or something? And maybe something to do with the discovery of germs/viruses/bacteria (I'm sure this has a proper name, but I don't know what it is)/epidemiology? Something of that sort of medical ilk, anyway.

Oh, and flight - If they're not too close together, lighter than air/heavier than air (although that is debatable within a few years and several continents, last I paid any attention - my info could be old, though) and outside atmosphere or something?
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[personal profile] alexmc 2010-12-30 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
I hate to say this because it is MUCH more work but I think this needs illustrations to demonstrate some of the important dates
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[personal profile] alexmc 2010-12-30 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking of pictures presented in a different way. I was thinking of having pictures as large as possible with no worries about scale - but only have them on screen while the year in question is on screen.

(You'd then also highlight the year in question)

You'd only have time for a few events to be pictured, though.

Does that make sense?

[personal profile] battlekitty 2010-12-31 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I see what you mean...

I'd be tempted by the Broad Street Pump incident. Or maybe Anton van Leeuwenhoek's observation of single celled organisms. Or Semmelweis and the theory of surgeons washing their hands.

Maybe even Jenner's study showing cowpox could be used to immunise against smallpox?

And now I'm REALLY going to close all the open wikipedia pages... *sigh* To prove a point: I've also read about the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, too...