![]() ![]() The app received generally positive reviews from the users (4.8/5.0 rating score on the App Store) and press. Upon release, Back in Time was featured in the App Store worldwide and rapidly became a success, reaching the top sales of iPad book apps in 38 countries. In June 2013, a version of the app for Microsoft Windows was released as a result of a collaboration between the developers and Intel with the purpose of showcase the capabilities of Windows 8. Ī dedicated version for iPhone was released in December 2011. Subsequent upgrades included additional chapters, translation into two more languages (Chinese and Japanese) and support for retina display. The initial version included 44 chapters and was available in 5 languages (English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese). The iPad version was released on the App Store on September 22, 2011. Key events in History presented using the 24-hour analogy (excerpt from Back in Time)īack in Time was developed by the Portuguese software company Landka over a period of 10 months. McCarthy Observatory as a tool for helping students visualizing large timescales. This analogy was originally proposed by Astronomer Bob Lambert from the John J. Back in Time uses this analogy as a method to visualize and compare key events in the history of the universe, of earth, life, and human history. This analogy scales the entire age of the universe (13.7 billion years) into a single day (24 hours) so that the beginning of the universe (Big Bang) started at 0:00h and at present time the imaginary clock reads 24:00h. According to this analogy life on Earth emerged at 5:20 pm.īack in Time presents the most relevant events in history using a 24-hour clock as a time analogy. Time analogy Back in Time uses a time analogy where the entire age of the universe is scaled into a 24-hour clock. The app's soundtrack was produced by Rodrigo Leão. The text of each chapter is complemented with images, videos, interactive timelines, animations and trivia. Navigation is possible by browsing several timelines or by rewinding the pointers of a clock to go back in time. In order to better understand these timescales, the app proposes a time analogy where the entire age of the universe (13.7 billion years) is scaled into a 24-hour clock. The app presents 50 key events since the beginning of the universe until the present day covering different timescales such as the chronology of the universe, the geological history of earth, the evolutionary history of life and human history. ![]() Features īack in Time is a cross between a history textbook and a multimedia encyclopedia. In 2012 it was recognized with a World Summit Award ( UN based initiative). ![]() Back in Time was distinguished by The New York Times and selected for the top 10 apps of the year. The app was featured worldwide in the App Store and rapidly became a success, reaching the top sales of iPad book apps in 38 countries. ![]() Released on September 22, 2011, it was developed by the software company Landka in collaboration with scientific institutions such as ESA/ Hubble Space Telescope. English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanishīack in Time is an education book app for iOS about the history of the universe, earth, life and mankind that uses a time analogy to explain different timescales. ![]()
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