Powers of Ten: A Book about the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another...

Powers of Ten: A Book about the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another...
ISBN-10
0716760088
ISBN-13
9780716760085
Category
Science
Pages
150
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Times Books
Authors
Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison, Office of Charles and Ray Eames

Description

Over 100,000 copies of this spectacular journey have already been sold. In forty-two consecutive scenes, each at a different `power of ten` level of magnification, readers are taken from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the atom. The text and other illustrations depict what we can perceive at each progressively smaller level of magnitude. " A brilliant pictorial and textual embodiment of a wonderful idea. " Stephen Jay Gould Videos of Powers of Ten are available from: RITELtd. Cross Tree, Walton Street, Walton in Gordano, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7AW Tel: 01275-340279 Fax: 01275-340327

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