Comments on: Celebrating ‘Powers of Ten’ http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/celebrating-powers-of-ten/ Discover Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: San Diego Office Furniture http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/celebrating-powers-of-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-597 San Diego Office Furniture Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:38:43 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=6957#comment-597 That's a great film - and still carries the same mental impact even in today's IMAX theater era when we are so used to awesome special effects. It reminds me of this quote from Holmes Rolston: "The human world stands about midway between the infinitesimal and the immense." It's a good thing we have the metric system. Think how complicated that narrative would have become using feet, yards, acres, or miles! Daisy McCarty http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog/ That’s a great film – and still carries the same mental impact even in today’s IMAX theater era when we are so used to awesome special effects. It reminds me of this quote from Holmes Rolston:

“The human world stands about midway between the infinitesimal and the immense.”

It’s a good thing we have the metric system. Think how complicated that narrative would have become using feet, yards, acres, or miles!

Daisy McCarty
http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog/

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