Archimedes — "It is not possible to find a number greater than the number of grains of sand wh…"
It is not possible to find a number greater than the number of grains of sand which could be contained in a sphere of the size of the universe.
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From 'The Sand Reckoner', demonstrating large number notation.
Date: c. 250 BCE
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