SERVICE ABOVE SELF


JULY 2017: ISSUE 100


The three winning entries are proudly displayed in the school for all to see. Top : George Rees’ experimental light reflections, Middle: Livia’s stunning traditional scenic reflections. Bottom: Emelia, who is a dancer, took these thought-provoking photos of her own feet.


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A googol is 10 , or one followed by 100 zeros in decimal representation. Its official name is ten duotrigintillion. The term ‘‘googol’’ was suggested in 1938 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, when out walking with his uncle, the mathematician Edward Kasner. A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol noughts, or 10googol. It is more than all the hydrogen atoms in the observable universe. To write it in decimal notation would take up more space than the universe currently occupies. The founders of Google, adopted the name after looking to see if ‘‘googol’’ was taken as a domain name as it summed up the projected size of their database – but they accidentally misspelled it.


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