The complete history of the Universe -- from the Big Bang to 200 my into the future
Tweet
History of the Universe eBook. 398 pages, 300 illustrations only £5.99
Fundamental Questions
Benefits of this Story
Big History
Dates
Themes of History
Organization of this Website
Timeline of History
Large and Small Numbers
Large and Small Objects
Energy
Energy at the Origin of the Universe
Failure of Science
Before the Big Bang
Multiverse
Vacuum
Fields
Spacetime
Inflation Epoch: Creation to 10-35 seconds
Four Fundamental Forces
Grand Unification Epoch 10-35 to 10-36 seconds
Big Bang 10-36 seconds
Quark Epoch 10-36 to 10-6 seconds
Hadron Epoch 10-6 to 1 second
Radioactivity
Exotic Particles
Lepton Epoch 1 to 10 seconds
Photon Epoch 10 seconds to 380,000 years
Fog
Interactions
Nucleosynthesis 3 to 20 minutes
Cosmic Dark Age 380 thousand to 150 million years
Atoms
Gas
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Mystery of Formation of First Galaxies
Missing Mass Problem
Dark Matter
Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Protogalaxies 100 million years
Earliest known Galaxy 13.2 bya
Structure of the Universe 12 bya
Clusters of Galaxies
Structure today
Galaxies Today
Elliptical Galaxies
Spiral Galaxies
Globular Star Cluster
Disc of Galaxy
Spiral Arms
Galaxy Problems
Nucleus of Galaxy
Black Holes
Our Location within Milky Way
Birth of a Star
Open Star Clusters
What is a Star?
Binary Stars
How a Star Works
Red Giant
White Dwarf Star
Nova
Supernova
Neutron Star
Stardust
Molecules
HONC Atoms
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Water
Hydrogen Bond
Ice
Sun
Solar Disc
Planets
Formation of Solar Planets
Solar System Model
Earth Origin
Earth Structure
Earth Magnetic Field
Terrestrial Radioactivity
Meteorite Era
Volcanoes
Oldest Rocks 4 bya
Early Atmosphere
Liquid Water
Rain
Weathering of Rock
Continental Drift
Protein
Amino Acids
Dry Joining
Amino Acid Chains
Enzyme
Nucleic Acid
Base Pairing
DNA Structure
Making Protein
Process of Life
Origin of Life
Reproduction
Mutation
Evolution
Genetic Problems
Genetic Engineering
Three Domains
Prokaryotes
Archaea 3.9 bya?
Bacteria 3.5 bya?
Fermentation
Cell Division
Chromosomes
Photosynthesis 3.5 bya
Bacterial Diseases
Bacterial Benefits
Bacterial Spores
Viruses
Columbia Continent 2.0 to 1.2 bya
Great Oxygen Poisoning 2.4 bya
Respiration 2 bya
Ozone
Symbiosis
Mitochondrion
Protozoa
Sex 1.2 bya
Algae
Colony of Algae 1 bya
Hormones
Death
Fungi
Ecosystem
Tonian Period 1000 to 850 mya
Cryogenian Period 850 to 635 mya
Atmosphere
Ice Ages
Biological Evolution
Ediacaran Period 635 to 542 mya
Early Animals
Cambrian Period 542 to 488 mya
Animal Groups
Mollusk
Ordovician Period 488 to 444 mya
Vertebrates
Silurian Period 444 to 416 mya
Devonian Period 416 to 359 mya
Carboniferous Period 359 to 299 mya
Permian Period 299 to 251 mya
Triassic Period 251 to 200 mya
Jurassic Period 200 to 146 mya
Cretaceous Period 146 to 66 mya
Extinction of Dinosaurs
Quaternary Period 2.6 mya to today
Recent Ice Age
Homo Habilis 2.5 mya
Homo Erectus 2mya
Fire 700-400 kya
Neanderthals 600 kya
Modern People 200 kya
Out of Africa 50 kya
Interglacial 11 kya
Nomads
Farmers
Neolithic Revolution 10 kya
Cities 7 to 5 kya
Cooling Began 5 kya
Kings and Peasants 5 kya
India
China
South America
Middle East
Migrations
Empires
Iron Age 3 kya
Greek inventions 2.5 kya
Roman Empire
Byzantium 1.6 kya
Dark Ages 1.5 kya
Islam 1.4 kya
Middle Ages 1 kya
Renaissance 550 ya
Printing Press 550 ya
Colonialism 550 ya
Copernicus 550 ya
Little Ice Age 550 ya
Science 350 ya
Industrial Revolution
Democracy
Capitalism
Law
Industrial Growth
Communism
New Industrial Nations
Industrial Wars
Totalitarian Dictatorships
Fascism
Nuclear Weapons
Other Technology
The Past 50 Years
Modern Technology
Computers
Continents Today
SWOT Analysis of Humanity
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Future of Medicine
Future of Energy
Future of Humanity
Future of Climate
Future of Computers
Future of Earth
Future of the Sun
Future of Galaxy
Future of Universe
Acid
Adenine
ADP
Alcohol
Alkali
Alpha Helix
Amino Acids, 20 Commonest
Ammonia
Andromeda Galaxy
Angstrom Unit
Annelid Worms
Asteroids
Atom Sizes
Atomic Nucleus
ATP
Bases
Blood
Bond
Bosons
Brownian Motion
Cancer
Carbohydrate
Carbon Dioxide
Cell Nucleus
Cereals
Chemical Energy
Clay
Cloning
Comets
Continental Drift - Evidence
Continental Drift Key
Continents
Coral
Coral Reefs
Core
Cosmic Rays
Crust
Deuterostomes
Dicotyledons
Diseases
El Nino
Electricity
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Energy Crisis
Energy Density
Evaporation
Fermions
Flatworms Today
Fossils
Gamma Radioactivity
Geological Time Scale
Global Warming
Names for Large Numbers
Glucose
Glycine
Golgi Complex
Heat
Helium Atom
HONC Atoms Labelled
Higgs Field
Hydrocarbon
Information
Insects
Jupiter
Laurasia
Legumes
Light-Year
Local Group of Galaxies
Magnetic Field
Magnitude of a Star
Mantle
Mars
Mass
Mass Extinctions
Matter
Mercury
Methane
Methanobacteria
Milankovitch Cycles
Mineral
Molecules on Soccearth
Moon
Muon
Nanometer
Nearest Star
Neptune
Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrogen molecules
Noble Gas websitemark = noble
Nuclear Fission
Nucleus
Oceans
Organelles
Oxygen Molecules
Oxidation and Reduction
Paleomagnetism
Photosynthesis in Detail
Phosphate
Pictures of Atoms
Planetary Nebula
Plants
Pleiades
Pluto
Pressure
Protein Structure
Protostomes
Quantum Fluctuation
Quantum Mechanics
Quartz
Quasar
Relativity
Ribose
RNA
Rock
Salt
Sand
Saturn
Scientific Notation
Shell Model of Carbon Dioxide
Small Numbers' Names
Solar Wind
Space-Time
Standard Model of Particles
Tau
Theory
Trachoma
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Unsolved Mysteries
Universe with a capital U
Uranium
Uranus
Venus
Worms
Z redshift