German chemist Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsenburner A new Google Doodle today honors the 374th birthday of the Danish anatomist Nicolas Steno, the man widely regarded as the father of modern geology.
Google has paid tribute to other scientists this year, including the father of genetics Gregor Mendel and Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsenburner. Google’s logo today resembles a juice label, prominently featuring a pair of oranges and other...
Other recent elaborate Doodles have included Jules Verne, the BunsenBurner, Earth Day, and the World's Fair. Google today is paying tribute to legendary musician and innovator Les Paul with an interactive logo that lets you play a virtual guitar...
BunsenBurner Doodle Honors Inventor's 200th Birthday Surprisingly, the ice cream sundae has a controversial past. It is said to have been invented accidentally. The urban tale goes that in more austere times the clergy deemed the popular dessert...
BunsenBurner Doodle Honors Inventor's 200th Birthday by Frank Watson In recognition of Robert Bunsen's 200th birthday, Google has honored the inventor with a Doodle - March 31st - and is showing on the Google homepage for countries where it is...
Anyone who has walked in to a high school science classroom across the globe remembers the first time they saw a Bunsenburner - one of the first awestruck moments of our youth - the stuff of every mad scientist movie we had watched as kids was...
BunsenBurner Doodle Honors Inventor's 200th Birthday In honor of Harry Houdini's 137th birthday Google has given the famed illusionist a Google Doodle. The special logo was displayed just hours before Houdini's last living assistant passed away...