Powers of Ten

Synopsis: The collection from Arts Data and Powersof 10.com contain: "Powers of Ten 1978" (9 minutes) "A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe" (8 minutes) "901: After 45 Years of Working"
POWERS OF TEN Illustrates the relationship between the number ten and the size of the physical universe. The reference point is one square metre of land in Chicago. The camera zooms outward, time and distance increase in increments of ten until the outer galaxies are reached. Returning to earth, the progression is from the human scale into the micro world down to the nucleus of a carbon atom. The film has moved in real time over its course of 40 powers of 10.
Series: Films of Charles & Ray Eames (Volume 1)
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2000
Year of production: 1978
Documentation: Book ‘Powers of Ten’, (Scientific American Library/W H Freeman, 1982), reviewed in ‘New Scientist’, 24/6/95, p46. Available for purchase separately from Art Data
Uses: 1st-year introductory material, for stimulation and entertainment.*
Subjects: Mathematics; Physics
Keywords: cells; exponential numbers; universe

Director

Charles Eames; Ray Eames

Cast

Philip Morrison

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