Which leads us to our latest email from Clinton E. Warner, who asks, "Is there a set of images that would for example show an object--say
a wooden plank-- with labeled images that show how we get to the subatomic levels? I am probably the only person who would ask a question like this. Maybe I didn't pay attention in physics class but I am not ashamed [to acknowledge my] ignorance..."
Well, Clinton, just like I told you in my reply to you, there is NO SUCH THING AS AN IGNORANT QUESTION. Anybody who's still asking questions is every bit as smart as the smartest person in the world; he just hasn't gotten as far along in his accumulated knowledge yet. I know I'm still accumulating mine.
Here on SciScoop we zip around every corner of the scientific landscape at warp speed. We discuss everything from quasars to Q-fever to quarks, with the scale zooming from the astronomical to the microscopic every other line. Or in the case of that last line, the same line. No wonder you're confused and dizzy and need some perspective.
Perspective is just what we've got to read about today. And if you're gonna click on just one of the links on the next page, make sure it's the one labeled "EXTREMELY COOL Java slide show"...
Other "imitator homage" websites have sprung up to the classic Powers of Ten site, and many of them are excellent. Try this one, or this one, or this list of similar sites.
Another excellent book along this line which is a personal favorite of mine is Imagining the Universe. I see that Amazon lists multiple used copies of ItheU for less than $3, a very cheap price indeed for purchasing the secrets of the Universe - get a copy for your kids and read it for yourself.
While you're waiting for dead-tree book delivery, check out the EXTREMELY COOL Java slide show at the Florida State University Molecular Expressions site, where there is so much other great stuff to see I'm going to just shut up and let you get started on it. Enjoy!
By the way - how do I find all these links? Simple: Google !!!!
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