Calendar of powers of 2 EVENT YEAR POWER OF 2 ====================================================================== Baptism of Poland 966 2^{568} = 9.66... times 10^{170} Foundation of Jagiellonian University 1364 2^{3432} = 1.364.. times 10^{1033} Polish king Jan III saves Vienna 1683 2^{709} = 1.683.. times 10^{212} First edition of Newton's "Principia" 1687 2^{6143} = 1.687.. times 10^{1849} Waterloo 1815 2^{931} = 1.815.. times 10^{280} Foundation of Warsaw University 1816 2^{7339} = 1.816.. times 10^{2209} Stefan Banach is born 1892 2^{8133} = 1.892.. times 10^{2448} Beginning of World War II 1939 2^{5522} = 1.939.. times 10^{1662} End of World War II 1945 2^{1931} = 1.945.. times 10^{581} First issue of Delta in print 1974 2^{1549} = 1.974.. times 10^{1081} Want to add another date? Know of any clever way of looking for a power of 2 with a given sequence of digits at the beginning of its decimal notation? Just write us. |