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sherm
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powers of ten
#8692924 - 07/28/08 03:51 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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"a film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe and the effect of adding another zero
the music is real nice too
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Ythan
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Re: powers of ten [Re: sherm]
#8692945 - 07/28/08 03:54 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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I remember my parents showing me this when I was just a little kid. Still great after all these years.
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HighTek
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Re: powers of ten [Re: Ythan]
#8693463 - 07/28/08 06:05 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Impressive, but there is a modern one made...i forgot what its called. Or watch the first 10 minutes of the movie Contact.
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daussaulit
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Re: powers of ten [Re: HighTek]
#8693681 - 07/28/08 06:56 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Haven't seen this one, but Nikon has made a flash one that I think appeared on this board before. http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/universcale/index.htm
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Minstrel
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That whole video has one clear error. Only the length of the sides is being increased by an order of magnitude. Since the whole visual spectacle is about the area formed by that side, the actual change in area by adding one zero to the length of a side increases by the square of the addition. eg: 1m yeilds 1m^2 10m yeilds 100m^2 100m yeilds 10000m^2 1000m yeilds 1 000 000m^2 10000m yeilds 100 000 000m^2
It aught to be titled the effect of adding TWO zeros, thanks to the multiplication of powers rule.
Still cool, though; thanks for posting it
Edited by Minstrel (07/29/08 11:54 AM)
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