November 24, 2008

A Quantum of Perspective

Having a hard time comprehending how small a nanometer is? Think of it this way...

Imagine the length of one nanometer as the length of one second. The proportion of one nanometer in one meter is equivalent to one second in almost 32 years!
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3 comments:

  1. BlairNovember 25, 2008 at 3:55 PM

    cool analogy. might throw some questions your way for elucidation!

    -blair

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  2. AnonymousNovember 25, 2008 at 10:06 PM

    1.0 x 10^-9 m!

    id like to know what a hippymeter looks like...

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  3. Kasia StepienNovember 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    I don't know what it looks like, but I'll bet it smells funny.

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