Edward Kasner

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Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 – January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University — the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia — specializing in differential geometry.

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