Friday math movie - Powers of 10
By Murray Bourne, 29 Feb 2008
Here's a movie that will challenge your view of where you fit in the scheme of things.
Video is a great way to get a sense of scale when talking about powers of 10.
For example, they start with a view that is around 1 m wide, then zoom out to view a 10 m (= 101) wide square, then 100 m (= 102) and so on, ending up with a view of the universe.
They then go in the other direction, going smaller and smaller: 1/10 m (= 10−1), 0.01 m (= 10−2) and so on, passing through cells, viruses, and down to the atomic level.
The video was made by IBM in 1977.
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