Powers of Ten is a 1977 short film (9 minutes) depicts the relative scale of the Universe according to an order of magnitude (or logarithmic scale) based on a factor of ten, first expanding out from the Earth until the entire universe is surveyed, then reducing inward until a single atom and its quarks are observed.
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...much of thing is beyond what my mind can comprehend.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's beyond my abilities.
DeleteMemory jogged! I saw this a long, long time ago--somewhere on TV. Probably PBS or on the news. Still interesting. Imagine what they could do with this concept nowadays. :)
ReplyDeleteI think I remember it airing somewhere, too, most likely PBS.
DeleteGreat blog
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteIt is all in one's perspective!
ReplyDeleteIt's important to remember perspective as a key in everything.
DeleteI remember being told in school that the universe was NOT expanding. Several of our science teachers believed the universe was only about 6000 years old when that film came out. I had to get to college to understand the real story.
ReplyDeleteYikes! My science teachers from the 60s and early 70s took evolution as the scientific understanding of the day.
DeleteThis sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI thought so :)
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