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.
See the 3 Comments below.
1 Mar 2008 at 11:41 pm [Comment permalink]
Very interesting and informative.
9 Aug 2011 at 11:16 am [Comment permalink]
its so amazing and thank God and with these unselfish people who shared this movie. i have something very interesting to share with my students.
31 Aug 2014 at 5:34 am [Comment permalink]
I first saw this film in the early 80s at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where I was building exhibits.It hasn't lost it's impact and I am glad it is being shown to a larger audience