A logarithmic timeline, based on logarithmic scale, was developed by Heinz von Foerster, the philosopher and physicist. He was attempting to create a table of historical data, and realised that the closer to the present he got the more events he could put in the table. He therefore developed the logarithimic timeline in order to shrink the information in such a way that the same density of information was preserved, whilst at the same time allowing him to accurately show the whole span of history. An example of a table based on these principles is shown below. Von Foerster later used the table as one of the starting points of his argument that memory also declines in an expoential manner.
Example of a logarithmic timeline
In this table each row is defined in years ago, that is, years before the presentdate, with the most recent at the top of the chart. Each event is an occurrence of an observed or inferred process.
It has been suggested that Timeline of the Big Bang be merged into this article or section.
This particular timeline of the Universe describes the events that have occurred and will occur according to prevailing scientific theory (specifically, the Big Bang theory).
Exponentialtimeline shows all history on one page in ten lines.
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