On this day in physics: Cruising wikipedia I came across the following excerpt: "Higgs was presented with an engraved loving cup by the Rt Hon George Grubb, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in a ceremony held at the City Chambers on Friday 24 February 2012. The event also marked the unveiling of his handprints in the City Chambers quadrangle, where they had been engraved in Caithness stone alongside those of previous Edinburgh Award recipients." [Source]
Word of the Day- Googol, it is a huge number. A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. It is 10 to the 100th power. "Other names for googol include ten duotrigintillion on the short scale, ten thousand sexdecillion on the long scale." Likewise, a googolplex, is 10 to the googol power, or 10 followed by a googol's worth of zeroes.
Quote of the Day: "An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them." -Werner Heisenberg
Keywords: Googol, Googolplex, Math, Mathematics, Heisenberg.
