Time since the birth of Joseph Fourier

Time since the birth of Joseph Fourier (254 y)

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Time since the birth of Joseph Fourier (254 y)

  • is 1/10000 of Time since the end of the Neogene geologic period (2.58 million y)...more
  • is 1/1000 of Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more
  • is 1/200 of Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Age of oldest wooden wheel (5,150 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since building of Stonehenge (5,120 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since the earliest writing (5,100 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y)...more
  • is 2/5 of Time since the birth of Toscanelli (625 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Time since the birth of chemist Rosalind Franklin (102 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since first email sent (51 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since the launch of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004 (51 y)...more
  • is 10 x One average human generation (25 y)...more
  • is 25 x Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more
  • is 250 x Period of Earth's orbit (1 y)...more

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