Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)

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Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)

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Re: Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)

Hey, just to help you out, it was Edward Kasner. Carl Sagan then used the term when he son asked him how many stars were in the universe.

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