Powers of Ten
This 1968 film zooms out by powers of ten from a picnic in Chicago to encompass the visible universe, then zooms back in to a proton in a carbon atom. Behold the power of logarithmic scales.
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Scott said on July 28, 2010 at 3:02 pm:
Reminds me of The Total Perspective Vortex! At least this one doesn’t kill you.
Harry said on July 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm:
Exactly, it’s the same deal. If the resolution wasn’t so poor, our brains would explode.
nadine said on September 11, 2010 at 4:57 pm:
DUDE! holy crap, so we watched this movie at HCSSiM, maaaaaaybe on the very same day you posted this! and you know what ELSE? we were talking about a mathematician’s apology RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME YOU POSTED ABOUT *THAT*!!!!!!!
you were totally at HCSSiM in spirit, weren’t you?