One time a man showed his son the huge number and the boy was so surprised that he said "googol!".
The boy was Milton Sirotta, aged 9, in 1938. It was popularized by Edward Kasner. See the related links for more information.
Do not confuse this with google, which is a web site and search engine.
A googol is the large number 10100, or 1 followed by 100 zeroes.Note: The spelling is googol, not google.
googol
Milton Sirotta.
A googol.
googol and one, googol and two, googol and three...
originates from a misspelling of googol
A googol is the large number 10100, or 1 followed by 100 zeroes.Note: The spelling is googol, not google.
googol
An accidental misspelling of a number googol, 1 googol = 1 X 10^100
An accidental misspelling of a number googol, 1 googol = 1 X 10^100
No, the number "googol" does not need to be capitalized any more than "million" does.
The word googol is pronounced like the search engine Google - with a stress on the first syllable.
googol
Milton Sirotta.
googol
A googol.
2 googol