CERN Accelerating science

Report number	IPPOG-RDB-2022-024
Title	Powers of Ten
Author(s)	Eames, Charles (Pyramid Films) ; Eames, Ray (Pyramid Films)
Description	Powers of Ten is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Charles Eames and his wife, Ray. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. The film begins with an aerial image of a man reclining on a blanket; the view is that of one meter across. The viewpoint, accompanied by expository voiceover, then slowly zooms out to a view ten meters across ( or 101 m in standard form), revealing that the man is picnicking in a park with a female companion. The zoom-out continues, to a view of 100 meters (102 m), then 1 kilometer (103 m), and so on, increasing the perspective; the picnic is revealed to be taking place near Soldier Field on Chicago's waterfront; and continuing to zoom out to a field of view of 1024 meters, or the size of the observable universe. The camera then zooms back in to the picnic, and then to views of negative powers of ten; 10-1 m (10 centimeters), and so forth, until we are viewing a carbon nucleus inside the man's hand at a range of 10-18 meter. Produced by: Pyramid Films Duration: 8:30 min Copyright CERN
Topics	matter
Subtopics	matter-particles ; matter-cosmology
Type	videos
Audience	upper-secondary-school broad-public
Language	cze eng fre
School topics	measurements ; special
School subtopics	measurements-measurements ; special-universe
Online usage	yes
Free keywords	IPPOG25 ; US
Links and Videos	Video in Italian Video in Greek Video in Dutch Video in English Video in French Video in German Video in Mandarin Chinese Video in Japanese
Rating	10
Date of submission	29 April 2022
Email contact(s)	CERN Multi-media
Submitted by	[email protected]