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Category Archives: SCIENCES
Light Bulb Race: Edison v. Swan
February 3, 1879
Thomas Edison is credited with having invented the incandescent light bulb. However, scientists and inventors have actually been working on developing a long-lasting and cost effective bulb for almost eighty years before Edison joins the race. In fact, Humphrey Davy develops the … Continue reading
Thomas Edison is credited with having invented the incandescent light bulb. However, scientists and inventors have actually been working on developing a long-lasting and cost effective bulb for almost eighty years before Edison joins the race. In fact, Humphrey Davy develops the … Continue reading
The Universe is Created
April 27, 4977 B.C.
The 17th century German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler calculates the date of the universe’s creation to be April 27, 4977 B.C. Though these calculations are off by about 13.7 billion years, Kepler will be remembered for another body of work. … Continue reading
The 17th century German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler calculates the date of the universe’s creation to be April 27, 4977 B.C. Though these calculations are off by about 13.7 billion years, Kepler will be remembered for another body of work. … Continue reading
Robert Bunsen, Creator of Bunsen Burner, Born
March 30, 1811
Robert Bunsen is born in Göttingen, Germany. Bunsen goes on to investigate emission spectra of heated elements and is credited with the discoveries of caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861). He is perhaps most well known for his development of … Continue reading
Robert Bunsen is born in Göttingen, Germany. Bunsen goes on to investigate emission spectra of heated elements and is credited with the discoveries of caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861). He is perhaps most well known for his development of … Continue reading
On Origin of Species Published
November 24, 1859
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is published on 24 November 1859. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title will be changed to The … Continue reading
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is published on 24 November 1859. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title will be changed to The … Continue reading
First Manmade Object Lands on Moon
September 13, 1959
Russia launches Luna 2, the first spacecraft to successfully reach the surface of the Moon. Luna 2, a spherical spacecraft with protruding antennae and instrument parts, has scintillation counters, geiger counters, a magnetometer, Cherenkov detectors, and micrometeorite detectors. It carries two steel spheres, … Continue reading
Russia launches Luna 2, the first spacecraft to successfully reach the surface of the Moon. Luna 2, a spherical spacecraft with protruding antennae and instrument parts, has scintillation counters, geiger counters, a magnetometer, Cherenkov detectors, and micrometeorite detectors. It carries two steel spheres, … Continue reading