№ 114 · 10·B9

Before the Big Bang, inside black holes

2001– · Quantum cosmology

Idea

10 of 10

Layout

Route B · cluster · seed 130

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. 10.4Faience 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. 10.8Serpent, Unknown, ca. 1810
• Fig. 10.9Amulet of ba bird wearing a sun disk, 525–30 BCE
• Fig. 10.10Serpent, possibly Italian, 17th century (?)
• Fig. 10.14Sun Disk, Colonial, after 16th century
• Fig. 10.15Serpent, French, ca. 1810
• Fig. 10.16Phoenix Ornament, China
• Fig. 10.17Phoenix Ornament, China
• Fig. 10.18City Square with Fireworks, Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1796

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 9 KB / 33 KB / 258 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.