Math Education: An Incovenient Truth

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$Math Education: An Incovenient Truth$ Math Education: An Incovenient Truth

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05-29-2007, 04:23 PM

peragro

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Benzadmiral

The math concept, 10 to the 100th power (or 1 followed by 100 zeroes), is spelled "googol." "Googolplex" is 1 followed by a googol of zeroes, or ten raised to the power of a googol. According to Wikipedia, Google the company was named for the googol concept.

(I t'ink I go lie down now. . . head hurts . . .)

I always figured that having a trivial mind was a plus every now and then...

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