Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi

Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,244 y)

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If Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,244 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 200 x Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,466 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (625 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since the birth of Euler (314 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (246 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (245 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • Time since birth of M. C. Escher (124 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/50 of Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi

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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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