View+From+the+Back+of+the+Envelope+by+Charity

=View From the Back of the Envelope by Charity=

toc Read here about webpages that host super-scale survey information.

=Overview= Mitchell N Charity wrote a series of super-scale survey webpages in 2002 and 2003.

He wrote:

> You know how big a quarter is. You would never think it's as small as an eraser, or as big as a soda can. You have a feel for how big these things are. You've seen them, and held them, and they are familiar. But how big is a whale? Or a virus? Or pollen and planets? Or hairs and highways? Or... anything else? But how big is a whale? Or a virus? Or pollen and planets? Or hairs and highways? Or... anything else?

See @http://www.vendian.org/envelope/, @http://www.vendian.org/howbig/, scaling The Universe To Your Desktop.