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...Googol...
...definition, a googolplex is the number "1 followed by a googol of zeros," a googol being equal...
...rainy day, the scientist got the children to agree that the number was approximately equal to the number of sand grains at Coney Island. One followed by 20 zeros was a satisfactory expression. Dr. Kasner then proposed a greater number, one of his own, which he called a "googol": 1 followed by 100 zeros. He also proposed a much greater number still, a "googol plex": 1 followed by a googol of zeros...
Nevertheless, the improbability of some events possible in theoretical physics is so great that a number somewhere be tween a googol and a googolplex would be required to express it. However, Dr. Kasner points out that no number is anywhere near infinity so long as it can actually or theoretically be written...
...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...