A Matter of Perspective
March 26, 2007 · Written by Joel
The New Scientist has a great blog called “New Scientist Short Sharp Science” which is worth subscribing to. A recent post was about putting things in perspective, with a series of links of various things comparing their scale.
If I’ve confused you, take a look at this life size blue whale, or the relative size of the planets. There is an interactive nanotechnology guide, a superb drag and drop guide to the scale of sci-fi and real spaceships with buildings and, er, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man at a scale of 1 pixel per metre (there’s also a 10m page). Finally there’s this brilliant (though old) IBM Powers of Ten video.
Check out the New Scientist Short Sharp Science blog.
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