№ 115 · 10·A3

Before the Big Bang, inside black holes

2001– · Quantum cosmology

Idea

10 of 10

Layout

Route A · diagonal · seed 7

Theme

paper · paper-copy texture

Drawing

Scale factor a = √(t² + ε²) for ε = 0.34, 0.22, 0.12 and 0.05 against the classical bang a = |t| (dashed). Vertical scale schematic.

Figures

• Fig. 10.1Blue Phoenix, Jiang Baohua, late 19th–early 20th century
• Fig. 10.3Fireworks at Hemissem, Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1650
• Fig. 10.4Faience amulet of a ram's head with sun disk crown, Egyptian, 664–334 BCE
• Fig. 10.5Phoenix Ornament, China
• Fig. 10.6Fireworks display, Nuremberg, 1659, Anonymous, 1659
• Fig. 10.7Serpent, Leopoldo Franciolini, 18th century (?)
• Fig. 10.9Amulet of ba bird wearing a sun disk, 525–30 BCE

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 9 KB / 31 KB / 234 KB

Use

© 2026 Rantasalo & Co. Oy. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: share unchanged, with credit, non-commercially. Photographs and textures: public domain (CC0), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access.