print email comment close Powers Of Ten URL: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ Description: "Soar through space starting at 10 million light years away from the Milky Way down through to a single proton in Florida in decreasing powers of ten (orders of magnitude)." Controls let the user move to any stage; exponential notation and distance are shown at each stage to aid in understanding and comparing sizes of things in the world and the universe. From the Florida State University series Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics & You . Author: Davidson, Michael W. Publisher: The Florida State University Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cosmology Exponents (Algebra) Size judgment LII Database Information: Record 1534 created by Julianna Hamann on 11/02/2001 Last modification on 11/06/2001 Published: 11/02/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1534