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