Edward Kasner
Edward Kasner · Science & Medicine
Differential geometry; coined the term 'googol'
1878, New York, New York, USA — 1955, New York, New York, USA
United States
Edward Kasner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Differential geometry; coined the term 'googol'
Edward Kasner was an American mathematician at Columbia University who worked in differential geometry and was the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia. He is popularly remembered for the term 'googol' (10^100), coined by his young nephew and popularized in his book 'Mathematics and the Imagination'. He was Jewish.
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Differential geometry; coined the term 'googol'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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