Powers of Ten
A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero
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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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Powers of Ten, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Philip Morrison, The Office of Charles and Ray Eames
- Language
- Released
- 1987
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €4.89
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- Title
- Powers of Ten
- Subtitle
- A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Company
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 164
- ISBN10
- 0716760037
- ISBN13
- 9780716760030
- Series
- Tags
- Natural sciences, Art, Science, Space
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- 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