Google Doodle Honoured the founder of pH scale SPL Sorensen
By Biranchi Narayan 29-May-2018
While working at the Carlsberg Laboratory S P L Sorensen studied the effect of ion concentration on proteins, and because the concentration of hydrogen ions was particularly important, Sorensen introduced a simple scale to measure the ions. This is how the pH scale was born in 1909.
Continue ReadingGoogle Doodle celebrates Raja Ram Mohan Roy 246th birthday
By Biranchi Narayan 22-May-2018
Google on Tuesday honoured Raja Ram Mohan Roy who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj movement in 1828, which engendered the Brahmo Samaj, an influential social-religious reform movement. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was known as the Father of the Indian Renaissance.
Continue ReadingGoogle Doodle celebrates Abraham Ortelius, Theatre of the World day inventor of the first modern day atlas
By Biranchi Narayan 20-May-2018
Today 27th may Google celebrates Abraham Ortelius Theatre of the World day (On this day in 1570, the world's first modern-day atlas, called Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World), was published)
Continue ReadingWho was Georges Melies? Google Doodle celebrates French illusionist & director of The Conquest of the Pole
By Biranchi Narayan 03-May-2018
Today, Google launched its first-ever VR doodle, a terrific celebration of French illusionist and film director Georges Méliès, and is timed to the 106th anniversary of one of his most famous works, “À la conquête du pôle.”
Continue ReadingGoogle Doodle celebrates Anandi Joshi's 153rd Birthday
By Biranchi Narayan 31-Mar-2018
She was the first woman of Indian origin to study and graduate with a two-year diploma in medicine in the United States.
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