Scale of the Universe

g4lab · Post by **g4lab** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:35 am

Craig Gerard · Post by **Craig Gerard** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:59 pm

"yoctometers Batman!"

Good presentation

Grab the blue square and drag left or right.

Craig

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:46 pm

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:10 am

Wonderful hi tech presentations.

I thought these would be neat additions from an older age:

Powers of 10 book by Philip Morrison

http://www.amazon.com/Revised-Scientifi ... 0716760088

Here is the full Powers of 10 documentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDj ... re=related

and edited excerpt from the IMAX film Cosmic Voyage here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmdIbp87 ... re=related

Longer version here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXf7AJZ ... re=related

Great topic!

Craig Gerard · Post by **Craig Gerard** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:40 pm

Norm,

Thankyou for uploading the additional content.

I had intended to respond earlier, but was distracted by about 10 things

Craig

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:24 am

Here are some animations that push the envelope further, melding microscopy and molecular biology.

http://www.xvivo.net/the-inner-life-of-the-cell/

A discussion and critique here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/scien ... ef=science