I am a high school math teacher and I am looking for a comprehensive list of large numbers which occur in real world.
For example
- There are $10^{14}$ cells in the human body
- $10^{100}$ is called googol and the name google is derived from this…
- There are $6\cdot 10^{23}$ atoms/molecules in one mole
So is there any good book or website (even better) where such examples are collected?
Best Answer
Lure of the Integers, by Joe Roberts. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers, by David Wells. Les nombres remarquables, by le Lionnais.
EDIT: Here's a website about large numbers (though mostly it's about numbers of interest only to mathematicians).
MORE EDIT: You'll find a few at this website, and there are links there which may lead to more.