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http://io9.com/5807256/whats-the-biggest...e-universe

 

 

 

Warning: Be prepared to have your minds blown. Some of these numbers are beyond the word: "Incomprehensible".

Cool article, not sure how much I actually understood beyond this Skewes fella was a boss.

My head hurts now...lol

So is that where they got the word google from? 

Quote:So is that where they got the word google from? 

I believe so. Although io9 noted that the spelling was wrong.

 

 

I remember watching a video of Numberphile on Youtube once; where it was stated that if the entire Universe is Googolplex light years across, or 10^10^100. And assuming that the Universe is flat and finite, you would eventually find an exact copy of the Earth and the Solar System. And maybe even yourself. Kind of like a classic arcade screen. No matter how far you go in the Universe, you'll eventually end up at the same place that you started. *Mindblown*

Quote:So is that where they got the word google from? 

 

Third paragraph down:

 

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The googol, which has since become world famous (albeit misspelled) in the form of Google, began life in 1920 as a way to get children interested in large numbers.