Thursday, June 14, 2007

Time and travel

160000 years of mankind in a few (or many, depending how you see it) steps.

/O.K.
(Listening to while posting: Steve Reich - Six Pianos)

Posted by O.K. at 9:22 AM

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5 comments:

LS said...

After reading Bill Bryson's A short history of nearly everything, you realize that these scenarios are built on very, very few and fragmented bones, so the amount of data is really small. But it is still very realistic and the best scientific hypothesis we have today. But I bet it will change or be modified when more bones are being dug up in the future.

I like their animation a lot! I want to make things like that too, wonder what software they use.

June 14, 2007 at 10:48 AM
O.K. said...

If it is the case that this animation is based on a very small amount of data they could definitely be clearer about that. But it is still a nice visualization.

I think I will bump up Brysons's book on my to read-list. Unfortunately that is a very long list and I add more to it much faster than I read.

June 15, 2007 at 12:59 AM
LS said...

Bill Bryson's book is absolutely great. We listened to it as an audiobook and it was fantastic. LA is reading it now, all by himself, and he tells us tidbits once in a while about what he has learned. It really gave me a better look at science in areas that I am not so familiar with, like astronomy and physics. He also talks a lot about how they discovered the evidence for continental drift. I think everyboyd should read this book, but especially scientists and non-scientists :)

It is translated to Swedish?

June 15, 2007 at 7:26 AM
O.K. said...

Yes, it is translated to swedish, but the copy I have here now is in english. Now I only need time and peace to actually read it...

June 15, 2007 at 2:16 PM
LS said...

How about a hammock between two pines on a little island in the Stockholm archipelago and four days of sun and just a little breeze, no storms? Will that be a good time for reading this :) Mmm, now I am missing Sweden a lot. I want to see Vattungarna again!

June 15, 2007 at 4:11 PM

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