[net.trivia] what"s a googol?

reid (10/07/82)

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:

googol:  The number 10 raised to the power 100;  The number 1 followed
	by 100 zeros.  [coined by Edward Kasner, American mathematician]

googolplex:  The number 10 raised to the power googol;  the number 1
	followed by 10^100 zeros.  [googol + (du)plex]


Glenn Reid
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P.S.  This should, I think, end all speculation.

hjb (10/07/82)

In Kasner's book where he coins the word googol, he mentions that
he got the term from his infant son.
		
			Harry Benson