UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, April 2003
Math of History, Outline
Bifurcations, primary sequence, after Merlin Donald:
- Episodic to Mimetic, 1,500,000 BP
- Mimetic to Mythic, 130,000 BP
- Mythic to Theoretic, 6,000 BP
- Theoretic to Chaotic, 1961 CE (according to Ralph)
Bifurcations, secondary sequence, after William Irwin Thompson:
- R/G (Arithmetic to Geometric), 4000 BCE
- G/A (to Algebraic), 800 CE
- A/D (to Galilean Dynamic), 1600 CE
- D/X (to Chaotic), 1989 CE
Revised 03 Apr 2003 by Ralph
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