# Kees Boeke
**Domain:** Education / Scale / Systems
**Doc Type:** Thinker and Educator Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Cosmic View]], [[Powers of Ten]], [[Scalar Nesting]], [[Whole Systems Thinking]]
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## Definition
Kees Boeke (1884–1966) was a Dutch educator whose 1957 book _Cosmic View_ arranged images across powers of ten from the human scale toward cosmos and atom.
## Corpus Context
His scalar sequence directly influenced the Eameses' [[Powers of Ten]], making him part of the visual lineage through which modern audiences learned to traverse nested systems.
## Relationships
[[Cosmic View]], [[Powers of Ten]], [[Scalar Nesting]], [[Whole Systems Thinking]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]