Ten high
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ten high |
| Original title | Powers of Ten |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 9 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Charles Eames , Ray Eames |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Alex Funke |
| occupation | |
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Ten High (English Powers of 10 ) is a short film by Charles and Ray Eames from 1977. The plot of the nine-minute long film is a journey between quasars and quarks , in the dimensions of the most distant and largest and smallest structures that are the subject of scientific Researches are. The film shows in a vivid and impressive way the magnitudes commonly used in 20th century science (40 powers of ten from 10 24 to 10 −16 meters ) with which the universe can be described.
The book of the same name on the film illustrates 42 stations between macro and microcosm with many pictures and additional texts .
action
The film begins with the inclusion of a pair picnicking by Lake Michigan from the bird's eye view . A white square is drawn in the picture, the edge length corresponds to one meter. The camera moves away from the earth on a logarithmic scale , always pointing at the same point ; ever larger squares are added. Ten seconds correspond to a size factor of 10. In the order of the universe reached, is accelerated back to earth zoomed . When they arrive at the picnic, they zoom into a carbon atom in the man's skin - now at normal speed again. A voice from the off comments on the visible structures and compares the dimensions.
Awards
- 1998: inclusion in the National Film Registry of the United States
Quote
"Eventually, everything connects."
(German: "Ultimately everything is connected.")
See also
literature
- Phylis and Philip Morrison : Ten high. Dimensions between quarks and galaxies. Spektrum-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8274-1426-1
Web links
- Ten high in the Internet Movie Database (English).
- Ten high in the online film database
- A photo version
- Comparison: BR3 Space Night Version (3:54 min.) With original version (9:00 min.)
- Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Secret Worlds: The Universe Within Interactive Java Tutorial (English).
Coordinates: 41 ° 51 '53.9 " N , 87 ° 36' 48.2" W.