DEVELOPMENT DRAFT The only stable URL is http://www.vendian.org/howbig/. Comments encouraged - [email protected] (Mitchell Charity) |
How Big Are Things?
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small | Real world |
big | solar system | between | galaxy | ||||||||||||||||||||
nano |
micro |
meter |
kilo |
Mega |
Giga |
Tera |
Peta |
Exa |
2003-Nov-26 | - | Repaired some links. Fixed typo on Calibration page (people are 100+ cm high, not mm). Thanks to three readers. |
2003-Apr-15 | - | Added some science fiction vehicles from Starship Dimensions. |
2003-Apr-13 | - | Added q-tip at several scales. And salt. Eye of quarter. Exploring cross-linking with zoom icons. |
2003-Apr-11 | - | Added a printable HowBigAreThings? cube. |
2003-Feb-25 | - | Over the last few months, I've used How Big Are Things? with several classes. I hope to get the class notes and materials online at some point... Please let me know if there is interest. Also some code cleanup. |
2002-Oct-27 | - | More course prep. |
2002-Oct-23 | - | Added more wavelengths. Course work. |
2002-Oct-22 | - | Course prep work. Visible wavelenghts poster. And fixed colors in nanofloor version. |
2002-Oct-19 | - | Calibration can now do higher resolutions, so the "floors" can be true size on a projection video screen. |
2002-Oct-17 | - | Added link to "course prep" page. |
2002-Oct-04 | - | First crufty cut at a pico room. |
2002-Sep-09 | - | Added trireme. Added a sphere version of the "no-image" gray circle. |
2002-Sep-07 | - | Added link to `printable rulers'. |
2002-Sep-02 | - | Planetary nebula. Neutron stars. lyr 1/10ths ruler. |
2002-Jul-30 | - | Fixed shape of Moon's orbit. Added Earth Radii rule, magnetosphere images (punted movie due to browser issues). |
2002-Jul-27 | - | Added Himalaya crust and profile, Everest peak, land/ocean max/ave height, "stand next to (m)", MFP air, cilia, assorted balls, soccer field. Tweaked crust thickness layout. |
2002-Jul-25 | - | Added soil profile, trees. |
2002-Jul-23 | - | Added 3mm sea level rise, US rise chart, pier, aircraft carrier. Link to dm box. |
2002-Jul-19 | - | Added starling and egg. |
2002-Jul-13 | - | Added pin, infected bacteria, euro. Rearranged millipaper. Fixed softball image. |
2002-Jul-12 | - | Added paramecium, TP, chromosomes, link to ordofmag. |
2002-Jul-11 | - | Added scrollable km map of us ne. |
2002-Jul-08 | - | Added Io plume, Ceres, hectare, hundreds, sound rulers. UI tweak. |
2002-Jul-04 | - | Added Oregon subducti*n. Tweaked url layout to permit anchors. Added wildfires to kilopages. |
2002-Jul-03 | - | Fixed crust cross-section. Added crust thicknesses. |
2002-Jun-27 | - | Added Arizona wildfire page. Some homepage fiddling. |
2002-Jun-20 | - | Modified navbar (added depth and arrows). Modified Context page, and linked it. Added remaining vbar icon images. Corrected star colors. Added outer solarsystem, and orbits. Pizza and can. |
2002-Jun-14 | - | Added Background/Vision section to main page. Thanks to a reader. |
2002-Jun-05 | - | Added big letter "a" poster. Person height calibration. Homepage Links. |
2002-May-27 | - | Fixed building heights. Added house. |
2002-May-26 | - | Added rabies virus, and page thumbnails. |
2002-May-22 | - | Added intro text to home page. First change in almost a year. |
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