A ROUGH SKETCH FOR A PROPOSED FILM DEALING WITH THE POWERS OF TEN AND THE RELATIVE SIZE OF THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE. A linear view of our universe from the human scale to the sear of galaxies, then directly down to the nuclear of a carbon atom. With an animated image, a narration and a dashboard, it gives a clue to the relative size of things and what it means to add another zero to any number. Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Powers of Ten is a 1968 documentary short film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames, rereleased in 1977. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke, and more recently is the basis of a new book version. Both adaptations, film and book, follow the form of the Boeke original, adding color and photography to the black and white drawings employed by Boeke in his seminal work.

In 1998, "Powers of Ten" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

For more information please see the official POWERS OF TEN website.