Monday, February 8, 2021

The Most Influential Fan Of NIKOLAI GOGOL

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 In his free time,

this Mathematician 

at Columbia University

liked to watch 

Marx Brothers' films

and to read comic literature

 

While doing research in his library 

(and baby-sitting for his nine-yr-old grandson),

Professor Kasner discovered an extremely large number 

that needed a name

 

He asked his grandson for suggestions, 

three of which were rejected

(Groucho, Harpo, and Chico) 

but the fourth suggestion was a winner:

"Gogol" which was pronounced  Go Ghoul

Professor Kasner spelt the name of this number GOGOOL

 

It represented a 1 followed by one hundred zeroes

 

Years later, two enterprising young men in Silicon Valley

changed the spelling to GOOGLE and the rest is history

 

Meaning, every time anyone anywhere 

uses a Google search engine,

they are paying unconscious gratitude 

to NIKOLAI GOGOL

He is the author of  the greatest comic novel

ever written about Russia  

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