A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number 1... no matter what number you have in mind, infinity is larger still.

The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a long succession of small mutations.

The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.

The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.