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Posted: Nov 16 2009 at 9:59pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
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I pulled down my copy of Mary Daly's The Universe in My Hands and found that she references both Kees Boeke's Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps as well as Ray and Charles Eames' The Power of 10 as sources of inspiration for her program.

So, has anyone ever used this program successfully? I know lots of people have tried it-- it's been discussed here many times before. Several have said they never figured out how to make it work, but no one has said it has actually worked for them. I have never seen it personally, but it always sounded like such a good idea to me. I wonder what the problem is?


Well, I have it and have never used it, so I can't really say, Theresa. I liked the program because in essence, it is another way of classifying and grouping...sort of like a timeline is to history...order of magnitudes can be to science. It's a very neat way of classifying. I sort of felt like the idea was there, but I always felt that the program needed some fleshing out. I wanted to pull together a few books...I just couldn't figure out where to start. BUT...this conversation has given me enough to start on a booklist. The timeline would be so empty without the lovely books full of people and events to inspire additions to the timeline. In the same way, the order of magnitudes felt somewhat lacking to me without some kind of meat to add to the discussion of a snowflake. And, even though some wonderful examples are given for each order, I still felt like I was having trouble with "big picture" and if I was...my child surely would as well. The Power of 10 video and some of the other books mentioned on this thread have really facilitated me being able to see how this could work though.

I have no real experience to offer though...just my thoughts on how I'm starting to see possibilities.

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Here's another interactive site for understanding scale:

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