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"Powers of 10 (1977)"
I was surprised that the size of the universe adds up to 10^24, which is about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Am I right? OK, moving on. I wonder what the difference is between the scale of the universe and the scale of the smallest size is.
Each time the exponent on 10 goes up 1 value, the distance changes by 10 meters, I think..... :P
In the video, 1 carbon atom was 10^-10 meters wide and the carbon nucleus is 10^-14 meters wide. Since 10^4 is 10,000, and 10^0 = 0 or 10, maybe the ENTIRE atom is 1,000 or 10,000 times bigger than its NUCLEUS. Shocker, right? It should be.
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