Word: googol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Googol...
...definition, a googolplex is the number "1 followed by a googol of zeros," a googol being equal...
...Reader Sweet mend his mathematics: a googol is not equal to 10². Ten squared is simply 100. Reader Sweet's googolplex is not a googolplex but merely a googol squared. By using a series of ascending powers, a googolplex could be written in comparatively small space; written straight out, it would, as TIME said, stretch further than the visible universe...
...Kasner's "googol" is affording much interest and entertainment. I hereby solicit more...
...Kasner last week said he had received letters from several notable persons of eclectic interest, commending him for his choice of the name "googol" for his number. Both "googol" and "googolplex" were suggested to him by his nephew, at that time aged...