Powers of Ten
This book left less of an impression than I expected.
During my freshman year of college, I watched a documentary called "Powers of Ten" in a design theory class. The scene depicts a couple picnicking in a park, expanding to 10 meters in the air, then 10 square meters, then 10 cubic meters, then 10 four square meters... The Earth appears, then the universe, then the galaxy... The field of vision continues to expand, then shrinks to -square, -cubic, then -four square... The scene narrows to the cells, molecules, and atoms of the picnicking couple. The power of squares...
In the early versions, the concept of time was incorporated beyond the visual field of view based on distance. The clock, which displayed the difference between the visual time and the local time as the distance expanded in square multiples, was immediately recognizable as Einstein's theory of relativity.
One day, I was captivated by a shocking video. I found out it was also published as a book, so I bought it and watched it... Hmm... I felt a bit uneasy... The video lacked any impact or persuasiveness. I guess all information has its own medium, after all...
