Google Barney Google…
Speaking of Barney Google got me thinking and wondering if our favorite ubiquitoous search engine was somehow related. It would seem not since Google says right on their site:
“Googol” is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, “Mathematics and the Imagination” by Kasner and James Newman. Google’s play on the term reflects the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.
OK, another major mystery of life solved!