History of the Universe eBook. 398 pages, 300 illustrations only £5.99
Below is a time line of all the main events in the history of the Universe. This web site also contains a geological time scale. The Stories in date order are:
Origin of the Universe 13.7 bya / 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 / Galaxies / 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 / Milky Way Galaxy / Globular Star Cluster / Disc of Galaxy / Spiral Arms / Galaxy Problems / Nucleus of Galaxy / Black Holes / Our Location within Milky Way / Stars / 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 / Dust and Planets / Stardust / Molecules / HONC Atoms / Nitrogen / Oxygen / Water / Hydrogen Bond / Ice /
Solar System 4.65 bya / Sun / Solar Disc / Planets / Formation of Solar Planets / Solar System Model / Earth /
Hadean Era 4.6 to 4 bya / Earth Origin / Earth Structure / Earth Magnetic Field / Terrestrial Radioactivity / Meteorite Era / Volcanoes /
Oldest Rocks 4 bya / Early Atmosphere / Liquid Water / Rain / Weathering of Rock / Archaean Era 4 to 2.5 bya / Continental Drift / The Process of Life / 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 /
Cells 3.9 bya? / 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 /
Paleoproterozoic Era 2.5 to 1.6 bya /
Columbia Continent 2.0 to 1.2 bya /
Great Oxygen Poisoning 2.4 bya /
Respiration 2 bya / Ozone / Symbiosis / Eukaryotes / Mitochondrion / Protozoa /
Mesoproterozoic Era 1.6 to 1 bya /
Sex 1.2 bya / Algae /
Colony of Algae 1 bya / Hormones / Death / Fungi / Ecosystem /
Neoproterozoic Era 1000 to 542 mya / 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 /
Paleozoic Era 542 to 251 mya / 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 / Vertebrates /
Carboniferous Period 359 to 299 mya /
Permian Period 299 to 251 mya /
Mesozoic Era 251 to 66 mya / Triassic Period 251 to 200 mya /
Jurassic Period 200 to 146 mya /
Cretaceous Period 146 to 66 mya / Extinction of Dinosaurs /
Cenozoic Era 66 mya to today /
Quaternary Period 2.6 mya to today / Recent Ice Age /
Interglacial 11 kya / Nomads / Farmers /
Cooling Began 5 kya / Kings and Peasants 5 kya / India / China / South America / Middle East / Migrations / Empires /
Greek inventions 2.5 kya / Roman Empire /
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 /
Lessons for the Future / 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 /
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