Time since birth of M. C. Escher

Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y)

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If Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 2000 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 400 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since building of Stonehenge (5,120 y)...more would be 40 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the earliest writing (5,100 y)...more would be 40 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the start of the Iron Age (3,200 y)...more would be 25 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 20 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 10 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 5 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the birth of Euler (316 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since the birth of Joseph Fourier (256 y)...more would be 2 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 2 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 2 x Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since birth of M. C. Escher
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since birth of M. C. Escher

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