It's based on powers of ten.

它是基于 10 的幂。

I'll have to use scientific notation, which is a shorthand way of expressing numbers using powers of ten.

我必须使用科学表示法，这是一种用10的乘方来表示数字的简写方式。

This won't allow us to represent powers of ten, but it's perfect for the counting system that uses powers of two, otherwise known as binary.

这就不适用以十为进率，但非常符合以二为进率的计数系统，称为二进制。

How many more powers of ten are out there?

那里还有多少个十的幂？

There are many variants of the abacus, but let's look at a really basic version with each row representing a different power of ten.

算盘有许多的变种，但让我们来看看一个基本的版本其每一行代表着10的不同次方。

When we talk about " powers of" ten, or " powers of" a number, we're talking relationships of magnitude, technically.

当我们谈论十的“次方” 或数字的“次方”时，从技术上讲， 我们是在谈论大小关系。

Both were launched in 1977, the year the Eames were working on Powers of Ten.

两者都是在 1977 年发射的，伊姆斯号于 1977 年发射研究十的幂。

They made a couple of short films, but one that was to become very famous was called the Powers of Ten.

他们制作了几部短片，其中一部后来变得非常有名， 叫做《十的幂》。

Powers of Ten is a very short film, a very short movie – I think it's less than 10 minutes long – that was first released, or shown, in 1968.

十的幂是一部非常短的电影，一部非常短的电影——我认为它的长度不到 10 分钟——它于 1968 年首次发行或放映。

In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames, hugely influential American designers, released one of the most elegant and creative pieces of science communication of modern times - Powers of Ten.

1977 年，极具影响力的美国设计师查尔斯和雷·伊姆斯 (Charles and Ray Eames)发布了现代科学传播中最优雅、最具创意的作品之一-十的幂。