2006-07-13 19:23:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan had kids? Anyway, it was not theirs that came up with the term googol or googolplex. It was the mathematician named Kasner who asked his young nephew, "What would a good word be for a really big number?" The nephew replied, "A googol!!"
2006-07-13 20:07:31 · answer #1 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Googol
2006-07-14 02:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the highest number ever conceived by a human being?
Let's see, top this...
(googolplex ^ (googolplex ^ (googolplex ^ ... ) with googolplex nested exponents (in other words, googolplex ^ signs)
I'll name this number bigoplex. By the way, you owe me that many dollars.
2006-07-14 02:33:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Googol!
2006-07-14 10:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Sk8erboi83 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
googolplex
2006-07-14 02:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by the truth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋