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Ask Dr. Math: History of the Terms Google and Googleplex

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Description: Explains how these very large numbers (1 followed by a hundred zeroes, and 1 followed by a google of zeroes, respectively) were named. With links to references. From Swarthmore's Dr. Math.
Googol, Kasner, and Milton Sirotta Date: 07/14/99 at 16:55:09 From: Melanie Subject: Powers of 10 Who coined the phrase "googleplex," and when? I have used several search engines and they have the definition, but not the origin. Thank you for your consideration, Melanie
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