A Grand Tour of the Universe, by the Powers of Ten

乔治·阿瓦德（George Awad）是一位以精湛的建筑模型而闻名的工匠，他把自己的才能用于追求自己对科学和天文学的个人迷恋。结果是一个非常详细和美丽的展览的初步原型，名为“十次方的宇宙模型”。行星学会对该展览的特别展示吸引了著名科学家和科学教育家的热烈好评。在蒙特希尔科学博物馆（Montshire Museum of Science）和史密森尼实验美术馆（Smithsonian’s Experimental Gallery）的初步展示表明，它对普通公众有着不同寻常的吸引力，阿瓦德还制作了第二个经过修改、尺寸更大的版本。蒙特希尔科学博物馆建议与马里兰科学中心和阿瓦德先生合作，1)进一步完善现有的两个原型展品，2)开发配套的解释性材料，以更充分地传达展品中隐含的天文和数学概念，3)在两家合作博物馆现场展示两个原型，并评估其对公众的影响。//这项工作的目的是指导拟议的创作（不是本提案的一部分）一个永久性的和更大规模的“宇宙”展览，旨在在各大科学博物馆之间流通

George Awad, an artisan noted for his superb architectural models turned his talent to pursue his personal fascination with science and astronomy. The results was a preliminary prototype of a stunningly detailed and beautiful exhibit called "Model of the Universe by Powers of Ten". A special showing of the exhibit by the Planetary Society drew rave reviews from an audience of noted scientists and science educators. Preliminary showings at the Montshire Museum of Science and at the Smithsonian's Experimental Gallery demonstrated its unusual appeal withthe general public, and a second modified and larger version has been created by Mr. Awad. Montshire Museum of Science proposes to collaborate with the Maryland Science Center and with Mr. Awad to 1) further refine the two existing prototype exhibits, 2) develop companion interpretive materials to more fully convey the astronomical and mathematical concepts implicit in the exhibits, and 3) display the two prototypes at the two collaborating museum sites and evaluate their effective with the public. This work is intended to guide the proposed creation (not part of this proposal) of a permanent and much larger-scale "Universe" exhibit designed to be circulated among major science museums.//