![]() ![]() ![]() Its legacy includes Charles Eames's film Powers of Ten. It is similar to the Morrison's Powers of Ten, but aimed at a younger audience. We have Mitchell Charity to thank for having this copy of a fantastic book online: Kees Boeke's Cosmic View is a classic on learning about the scale of things. Boeke sums up with, “Learning to live together in mutual respect and with the definite aim to further the happiness of all, without privilege for any, is a clear duty for mankind.” Here's a fantastic set of scans from Kees Boeke's 1957 book Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps. It’s meticulously done, to show the scale and relative positions of everything precisely. Each picture is a factor of 10 scale difference from the last. Boeke sums up with, “Learning to live together in mutual respect and wit Kees Boeke’s 1957 Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps is a lovely little book that shows the scale of everything in 40 pictures: from the large scale structure of the universe, down to atomic nuclei. Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps by Kees Boeke (1957) We all, children and grownups alike, are inclined to live in our own little world, in our immediate surroundings, or at any rate with our attention concentrated on those things with which we are directly in touch. Kees Boeke’s 1957 Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps is a lovely little book that shows the scale of everything in 40 pictures: from the large scale structure of the universe, down to atomic nuclei. ![]()
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