Time since invention of the printing press

Time since invention of the printing press (584 y)

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Time since invention of the printing press (584 y)

  • is 1/20 of Time since the end of the Pleistocene geologic epoch (11,700 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since the earliest farming (11,500 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Alexander the Great (2,379 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Archimedes (2,300 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Eratosthenes (2,299 y)...more
  • is 4 x Time since the birth of Einstein (145 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since the publication of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity (119 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since the birth of computer scientist Grace Hopper (118 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since first Model T Ford launched (116 y)...more
  • is 20 x Period of Saturn's orbit (29.5 y)...more
  • is 50 x Period of Jupiter's orbit (11.86 y)...more

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