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Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
by Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison

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Author: Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-01-01
ISBN: 0716714094
Number of pages: 150
Publisher: Scientific American Books

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Summary: 5 Stars

Charles and Ray Eames give us a photographic tour of the universe we can hold in our hands. Starting with a picture of the dark emptiness of at the edge of the universe, each page brings us closer to our galaxy, solar system, planet, and down to the one power of ten on which we humans live. But then we continue to dive deeper -- skin deep -- shrinking smaller and smaller through the cells, molecules, and finally sub-atomic space of which we are composed... finding the empty space within the atom to be eerily reminiscent of outer space itself. It's an exciting, thought-provoking five-minute journey you'll want to take again and again.

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