Omniscala

A ladder of scale

From atoms to living things

Each realm is an atlas you can zoom through. Start with the elements, follow them into molecules and cells, and come out in a leaf or a human body.

  1. 0.1 nmAtoms
    OrbisEvery element, with its electrons in 3D: the periodic table, orbitals and the rules that fill them.
  2. 1 nmMolecules

    Where every realm meets. The same glucose, ATP and oxygen turn up in leaves and in us.

  3. 10 µmCells

    The smallest living units, and the engines inside them.

  4. 1 mBodies and plants
    AnimaThe human body, from organ systems down to the molecules that run them. ViridisHow plants live: water, light, sugar, growth and flowers.

Follow one thing up the ladder