Powers of Ten - The Effect of Adding Another Zero

Charles Eames, Ray Eames

[rickmichaels]

These are two fascinating films about the scale of the universe. I remember seeing the 1968 version at the Science Centre here in Toronto when I was a child. Another version was made in 1977.

Powers of Ten - A Rough Sketch (1968)

Powers of Ten (1977)

[C210N]

We can’t handle another 0... 8 years is quite enuf, thank-you.

[dfwgator]

My Hero, Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s

[Paladin2]

For some estimation calculations, getting the order of magnitude correct is sufficient.

[ETL]

A Question of Scale
Quarks to Quasars

This website presents the universe in powers of 10.
From the smallest particles within the nucleus of an atom to the expanse of the visible universe and beyond, a unique sequence of images displays the relative sizes of objects in our universe.

http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm

[ETL]

Here is a truly amazing powers of 10 program from NASA’s APOD website:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html

Use the scroll bar to move to the near infinitely small to the near infinitely large.

(I know there’s no such thing as being “near” infinity, but you know what I mean)

:)

[ETL]

That first one is very good. Haven’t got to the other yet.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rickmichaels, extra to APoD.

[muir_redwoods]

I’ve used the following to help my kids understand the national debt.
A thousand seconds is a coffee break
A million seconds is a vacation
A billion seconds is a career
A trillion seconds is 315 centuries.

[Kirkwood]

Somewhere in the universe is an alien with 12 fingers watching the Power of Twelve movie.

[VerySadAmerican]

I saw one of those films back in the 70s. What struck me was how an atom looks like the universe. Could it be that we’re living on a proton or electron or neutron and the sun is the nucleus of the atom? Clap your hands and you’ve ended life on millions of little worlds.

[Dr.Deth]

Clapping ones hands initiates neither fusion nor fission reactions, so I doubt any of those little worlds have any inkling :)

[a fool in paradise]

I watched the Eammes documentary just last week. They had some of it in the film.

[a fool in paradise]

We can’t handle another 0... 8 years is quite enuf, thank-you.

Films like these help put a $17,000,000,000,000.00 debt in perspective.

One	100	1.	"ten to the zero"
ten	101	10.	"ten to the one"
hundred	102	100.	"ten to the two"
thousand	103	1,000.	"ten to the three"
ten thousand	104	10,000.	"ten to the four"
hundred thousand	105	100,000.	"ten to the five"
million	106	1,000,000.	"ten to the six"
ten million	107	10,000,000.	"ten to the seven"
hundred million	108	100,000,000.	"ten to the eight"
billion	109	1,000,000,000.	"ten to the nine"
ten billion	1010	10,000,000,000.	"ten to the ten"
hundred billion	1011	100,000,000,000.	"ten to the eleven"
trillion	1012	1,000,000,000,000.	"ten to the twelve"
ten trillion	1013	10,000,000,000,000.	"ten to the thirteen"

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