The googol represents 10 raised to 100, a very curious number that written in its entirety would be a one followed by 100 zeros. According to experts, it is greater than the total number of hydrogen atoms in the known universe, which is only about 10 to 82.
The American mathematician Edward Kasner was commissioned to introduce the word gogol in 1938. According to his account, he asked his nine-year-old nephew, Milton Sirotta, to come up with a name for a huge number, and the little boy replied "gogol."
Later, Kasner defined the gogolplex as 10 to the power of a gogol , an immense number, which is nothing more than a one followed by a gogol of zeros. The name 'Google' was chosen with the intention of covering a huge amount of information on the Internet. Currently, the headquarters of 'Google' is called the 'Googleplex '.
