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What Is a Googol?
Big numbers Sahara Desert (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A nine-year-old came up with the name googol when his mathematician uncle, Edward Kasner, asked for help in naming this new number. The name was introduced in Kasner’s 1940 book, “Mathematics and the Imagination.” The search engine company, Google, took its name as a play on the name for the number, […]
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Dragon’s Loyalty Award
Dragon’s Loyalty Award How appropriate for me to receive this award. Why? Dragon’s are one of my favorite things. They are smart, loyal, strong and fierce defenders. I think they get a bad rap from those who make them out to be ‘baddies’. Who gave me this award? Why Jon Jefferson of Misadventures In Strange […]
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Herbs For Health: Eat Your Oatmeal (Avena sativa)
Eat Your Oatmeal (Avena sativa) Perhaps you remember your mother, or grandmother, telling you to ‘eat your oatmeal’. Although they may not have known all the details as to ‘why’ oatmeal is good for you, they got the main point. Eating oatmeal, or porridge, as some refer to it is not only good for you […]
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