<s>
ChronoZoom	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
that	O
visualizes	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
broadest	O
possible	O
scale	O
from	O
the	O
Big	B-Application
Bang	I-Application
to	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conceived	O
by	O
Walter	O
Alvarez	O
and	O
Roland	O
Saekow	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
department	O
of	O
Earth	O
and	O
Planetary	O
Science	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Research	O
and	O
Moscow	O
State	O
University	O
,	O
Alvarez	O
unveiled	O
the	O
first	O
ChronoZoom	B-Application
prototype	O
at	O
UC	O
Berkeley	O
's	O
2010	O
Faculty	O
Research	O
Lecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
that	O
demo	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
online	O
,	O
a	O
second	O
version	O
rewritten	O
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
is	O
now	O
available	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChronoZoom	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
study	O
of	O
Big	O
History	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
approaches	O
the	O
documentation	O
and	O
visualization	O
of	O
time	O
and	O
history	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
deals	O
with	O
geography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChronoZoom	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
true	O
scale	O
of	O
time	O
over	O
cosmic	O
,	O
geologic	O
,	O
biological	O
and	O
social	O
periods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
ChronoZoom	B-Application
is	O
to	O
make	O
time	O
relationships	O
between	O
different	O
studies	O
of	O
history	O
clear	O
and	O
vivid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
thus	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
master	O
timeline	B-Application
"	O
tying	O
together	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
specialized	O
timelines	B-Application
and	O
electronic	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
aspires	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
the	O
humanities	O
and	O
the	O
sciences	O
and	O
to	O
bring	O
together	O
and	O
unify	O
all	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChronoZoom	B-Application
is	O
planned	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
tool	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
tool	O
,	O
by	O
allowing	O
researchers	O
to	O
plot	O
various	O
time	O
series	O
data	O
next	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
for	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2.0	O
beta	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
available	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
via	O
the	O
Outercurve	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
code	O
is	O
freely	O
accessible	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
