> > I would expect the scientific community to use notation like 10^12, rather than actual words. Not that I know that for certain, mind.
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> In my experience, no scientist has ever needed to count money in larger units than "million". After that, the accountants and politicians take over ;)

True. But they often need to count things in units larger that a million. The speed of light, Avagadro's (sp?) number and stuff like that.

winter"scientists probably deal with big numbers more than anyone else"mute