Many of us look at all large numbers as pretty much the same. A million,
a billion, what's the dif? In his book Innumeracy, J A Paulos points out
that it takes a little over 11 days for a million seconds to tick by yet
it takes 32 years for a billion seconds to pass.
Some web sites that look at small and large numbers follow:
The MegaPenny Project ...... kokogiak media
Getting a feel for big numbers ..... Mitchell N Charity
Thinking Involving Very Large and Very Small Quantities

The Law of Large Numbers
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