ChronoZoom: earth and universe explorer

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ChronoZoom is an open-source project aimed at visualizing the history of everything, integrating both humanities and sciences through the concept of "Big History." Funded by Microsoft Research Connections and developed in collaboration with institutions like the University of California at Berkeley and Moscow State University, it provides a powerful tool for exploring timelines from the universe to ancient civilizations. While the website may initially be challenging to navigate, it offers extensive historical insights once users become familiar with its interface. The project highlights the evolution of various fields, although some users note that the history of science appears to stop around 1970.
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This is a neat site where you can explore various historical timelines. From the universe, to the Earth to even the ancient Greeks. The website is a little tricky to figure out, but once you do, it's quite powerful.

ChronoZoom is an open source community project owned by the Outercurve Foundation and dedicated to visualizing the history of everything. ChronoZoom bridges the gap between the humanities and sciences using a notion of “Big History” to easily understand all this information. This project has been funded and supported by Microsoft Research Connections in collaboration with University California at Berkeley, Moscow State University and University of Washington Information School (iSchool), and The Center for Web and Data Science (WDS) departments.

http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t000000...04575&w=0.56291368431493&h=0.5434850566810714
 
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Where can I find the ancient Greeks?
Edit: Oh, got it. Hard to find without the links on the top.

History of science stops 1970 :D.
 
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