Friday, March 12, 2010

14 years of history class in 200 words


Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon fusion. Iron production. Implosion. Supernova explosion. Metals injection. Star formation. Supernova explosions. Star formation. Condensation. Planetesimal accretion. Planetary differentiation. Crust solidification. Volatile gas expulsion. Water condensation. Water dissociation. Ozone production. Ultraviolet absorption. Photosynthetic unicellular organisms. Oxidation. Mutation. Natural selection and evolution. Respiration. Cell differentiation. Sexual reproduction. Fossilization. Land exploration. Dinosaur extinction. Mammal expansion. Glaciation. 













(us humans start about hurrr*) 



Homo sapiens manifestation. Animal domestication. Food surplus production. Civilization! Innovation. Exploration. Religion. Warring nations. Empire creation and destruction. Exploration. Colonization. Taxation without representation. Revolution. Constitution. Election. Expansion. Industrialization. Rebellion. Emancipation Proclamation. Invention. Mass production. Urbanization. Immigration. World conflagration. League of Nations. Suffrage extension. Depression. World conflagration. Fission explosions. United Nations. Space exploration. Assassinations. Lunar excursions. Resignation. Computerization. World Trade Organization. Terrorism. Internet expansion. Reunification. Dissolution. World-Wide Web creation. Composition. Extrapolation? 
Copyright 1996-1997 by Eric Schulman

*-not part of the original 200 words or less

Do you have any idea how many detentions this would have saved me. I spent more time after school because of saying "I don't give a fuck what happened with Europe!?!" in history class than any other subject - ok maybe math. This dude pretty much wikipedia'ed wikipedia in terms of history. So you don't remember who invaded who, or what countries came from which - you gotta live in the here and now baby! If we really do learn from the past we sure as hell don't take very good notes (cough - recession - cough). While today I'm far more educated on that matter it would have been nice to have all this on a cheat sheet, to see what my teachers were really getting at without actually listening. 

Maybe if I had found this before it could have spared me from all those awkward after school study sessions, geeeesh

 

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