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  • benjaminpalmer: This is great.  zoomable interface comparing dozens of tiny objects, from coffee bean to carbon atom

    benjaminpalmer:

    This is great.  zoomable interface comparing dozens of tiny objects, from coffee bean to carbon atom

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    1. kairee reblogged this from andijnos and added:
      This is excellent. Click on the picture.
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      click on this I promise its cool.
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      This is pretty amazing. Do please check it out.
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      Weggie, I love it!
    10. forrealsiesbabe reblogged this from leolauria and added:
      HOLY FUCK! This is amazing!!!
    11. enteiteled reblogged this from morrisonfilm and added:
      grain of salt seems insignificantly sized. but compared to what?
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      I love this stuff since I was child … now I’m a pharmacist … unemployed!
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      If you just had half of...coffee and are still half-asleep, those tiny objects can get a...
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      science is just so insane - and crazy kool!
    35. naterussmill reblogged this from david and added:
      Now that is a great deal of fun.
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    37. karthiksetty reblogged this from david and added:
      (use the slider)
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      I’m such a sucker for these scale demos. The amoeba actually looks relatively large, no?
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      Yay for Flash and vectors. I guess this is an equivalent of the power-of-10 video, except for smaller powers!
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    56. sunday reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
      The more I zoom in, the more queasy/dizzy I feel
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    59. weggie reblogged this from kishamarie and added:
      howimetsarah, this is for you! (click the pic)
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    80. whatlunasees reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
      this is super cool.
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      This is awesome!
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    95. lefan reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
      macmankev:benjaminpalmer click the pic for a useful micro-scale comparison.
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      Me too! More if you find ‘em!
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    115. lins reblogged this from hoogie and added:
      Extremely awesome.
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      This is tight. Reminds me of those long-gone days of Science Olympiad.
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      Click on the pic to check it out!
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      Dear Science friends - have fun ;-)
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    146. aaronwhite reblogged this from giantrobotlasers and added:
      giantrobotlasers Click through the image, this info-graphic rocks!
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      cell scale awesomesauce...david:benjaminpalmer:
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      Scrolling thru is unreal!
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      This is insanely WOW. Ya’ll have to click on this.
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    175. jacquesofalltrades reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
      Amazing visualization, helps you see the relative size of items such as coffee beans, grains of salt, all the way down...
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      Zoom in! Zoom out! Zoom in! Zoom out! Tee hee!!
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      Times Regular 12 point font (not helvetica? I mean come on)
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