Powers of Ten

drs recommended this 2 weeks, 2 days ago

interesting!

lukehoney recommended this 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Huge fan of Charles and Ray. So imaginative.

fothergill recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

Thought Provoking. The book is even better

mariaemu recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

We are a sparkle in the Universe

iceberglettuce recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Some of the best popular science to come out of the 1970s I imagine. If you saw it somewhere as a kid, it might taste a little on the spooky side.

eday recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Our place in the universe, communicated at all known scales of existence. Great concept, great images, great writing.

lisavrau recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

I couldn't not look at it. This makes me want to study astronomy. Or participle physics. Or exponents. Or video production. Hm...

Diore recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Not too scientific view of the known extents of visible existence. Great animation and narrative.

marytmacc recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Stirs my imagination like all science does. After artists, scientists have the most imagination - it takes imagination to see mystery and have the desire to understand. It makes me think about how much we know now and how very little we know...

VinylDestination recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Such a great perspective.

awncobbler recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

I saw first this at the Nat'l Air And Space Museum when it was new and I was about 12 (it was showing in a loop next to a model of the U.S.S. Enterprise, where I was gawking). Still a profound and sublime film to me that continues to influence my thinking.

ruth_lee recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is mind-blowing! I loved this.

Alienor recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is amazing.

hadret recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is totally awesome movie! How can you not love science? (:

anthonyburton recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

It's fantastic. The whole Eames collection of videos, especially "Toccata for Toy Trains" and "Tops" is magnificent.

meganamicarelli recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This little educational film really makes you think. And it's astonishingly simple. Check it out. It will only take 9 minutes! : )

jbvtran recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

I love this

billseitz recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

A classic, fabulous to have it available online.

genevavallejo recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Amazing! I still remember watching this video.

pscotthill recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Awesome sense of scale.

koobz recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

From the classic voice over, to the graphics, i love everything about this. Super stylish, a great trip through the powers of ten showing us the super massive to the minuscule.

stephanie4terry recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

I remember this presentation very well from my youth. I watched it over and over--in school, and at the National Air & Space Museum.

dfossas recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Pretty cool

sdemjanenko recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Its hard to get your mind around a couple order of magnitudes, much less the difference between the size of the universe and the size of a proton. I think the most interesting part is that by studying one, we can learn about the other.

bpaley recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Because Rick Perry wouldn't.

sevennbsp recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

geek quintessential

fischer recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is one of the great visualizations - not the only great thing that came out of Eames' workshop! It's worth checking out all of Eames' documentaries, though I think this is their best.

davebmiller recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is a landmark film which puts everything in perspective, and can provide a very useful framework for understanding problems in design.

catpowers recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Nice trip

since1976 recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

+

sharmurthy recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This makes me feel like we are all everything and nothing all at once

8Hermits recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

Like a trip back to high school science class, this short 9 minute film by architects Ray and Charles Eames, helps in visualizing orders of magnitude in the space we inhabit ranging from the atoms in our body up to the outer edges of the galaxy.