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Spacetime is part of Universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Big Bang causes Universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Big Bang is part of General relativity. Activate to inspect this relation.Big Bang causes Expansion of the universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Big Bang causes Cosmic microwave background. Activate to inspect this relation.Dark matter is part of Universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Dark energy is part of Expansion of the universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Cosmology applies to Universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Redshift is evidence for Expansion of the universe. Activate to inspect this relation.Cosmic inflation is part of Big Bang. Activate to inspect this relation.Big Bang nucleosynthesis is part of Big Bang. Activate to inspect this relation.Cosmic expansion emerges from Big Bang. Activate to inspect this relation.Age of the universe measures Big Bang. Activate to inspect this relation.Age of the universeBig BangUniverseExpansion of the universeCosmic microwave backgroundGeneral relativityCosmic inflationBig Bang nucleosynthesisCosmic expansionSpacetimeDark matterCosmologyDark energyRedshift
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Age of the universe

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At a glance

The ~13.8-billion-year time elapsed since the Big Bang, inferred from expansion and CMB data.

Disciplines
Cosmology
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Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 6 disciplines: Astronomy, Cosmology, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Relativity, Religious Studies.
  • Big Bang nucleosynthesis is a bridge concept — viewed here through Cosmology, Nuclear Physics.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Scale explains 2 concepts in this view (Astronomy).

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A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

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What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.