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Albert Einsteins brain was abnormal

One theory of why Albert Einstein


was so brilliant at mathematics has to
do with a physical abnormality: he was
born without the visual reasoning
center of his brain. This is the center
that enables you to comprehend the difference between a zebra
and a trash can. Assuming Einstein had never seen either, he
would not have been able to reason which was which. But to
make up for this, his mathematical computation center grew to
twice the size of yours and mine, because it was able to use all
the room next door where visual reasoning was absent.
Fact:
Whats a Google ?
It comes from the term Googol which represents a
number (written as a 1 followed by 100 zeros) so large that its
actually larger than the total number of atoms in the known
universe.
There is a bigger number than google which is called
googolplex which would be a number 1 followed by, it not one
thousand zeros, not even one million zeros but a googol zeroes.
It was popularized in the 1940s by the American mathematician
Edward Kasner who created it as a useful number when
comparing unimaginably large numbers with infinity. Oh and the
actual term googol was coined by his then 9 year old nephew
Milton Sirotta, not bad for a 9 year old!


Fact:
Fact: Whats A Google ?
Technology
When you hear the word Google the first image that comes to mind has to be the famous internet search engine but does the word
actually mean anything ? Well the answer is a firm yes because it comes from the term Googol which represents a number (written as a 1
followed by 100 zeros) so large that its actually larger than the total number of atoms in the known universe.
As you might imagine the number is rarely used except maybe in theoretical and computational calculations, however the big question is
whether a number bigger than a Googol exists ? Well funnily enough there is and its called a googolplex which would be a number 1 followed
by, wait for it not one thousand zeros, not even one million zeros but a googol zeroes.
Getting confused ? Well you should be because this number is so large that its almost impossible to imagine and also impossible to
write because doing so would require more space than the known universe provides. Absolutely mind boggling dont you think!

Lastly for those of you that are interested in where this term actually came from, well it was popularized in the 1940s by the american
mathematician Edward Kasner who created it as a useful number when comparing unimaginably large numbers with infinity. Oh and the actual
term googol was coined by his then 9 year old nephew Milton Sirotta, not bad for a 9 year old!

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