Time since birth of Sophie Germain

Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)

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If Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 1000 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 200 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 10 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 10 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 5 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be 5 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of Omar Khayyam (976 y)...more would be 4 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be about as big as Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be about as big as Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since birth of Sophie Germain
  • Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since birth of Sophie Germain

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