#1: There's a story that was often told around Cornell back when I worked there in the late '80s, that Sagan was giving a lecture on predicting the future. Come question-time, some wise-ass undergrad asks him if there will be "billions & billions" of whatever the heck he was talking about. As the story goes, Sagan (not missing a beat) immediately responds "you know, if you're really forward looking, you should be thinking trillions."
2010/2/1 Alicia Henn <[email protected]> > Apparently, there is a unit of measurement, proposed humorously, called the > Sagan. It is the smallest unit that can be "billions and billions" - 4 > billion or 2 billions plus 2 billions. But there is a new Sagan unit. now > proposed, which I think merits some attention, as he didn't actually say > "billions and billions". He did say "billions upon billions", which > mathematically, is a whole different kettle of stars. > > > http://blog.circuitmonkey.com/2009/12/25/yet-another-sagan-unit-measurement/ > > One attoSagan person, > Alicia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
