Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World … Again
1883: Krakatau volcano in the Dutch East Indies roars to life with a volley of ever-increasing explosions. It will culminate the next morning with the loudest explosion in human history. Krakatau (aka...
View ArticleNov. 2, 1815: Boole Born, Boolean Logic Logically Follows
1815: English mathematician George Boole, who would help establish what is now known as Boolean logic, is born. Boole’s breakthrough was the insight that logic, which had previously been considered a...
View ArticleFeb. 7, 1863: Early Stab at Organizing Elements
1863: British chemist John Newlands organizes the known elements, listing them in a table determined by atomic weight, according to what he provisionally calls his “law of octaves.” It is not an...
View ArticleNov. 28, 1660: Hey, Guys, Let’s Found Britain’s Foremost Scientific Academy
With intellectual curiosity -- especially a love of science -- as their common bond, an informal group of uncommon men establish what will become the Royal Society.
View ArticleMarch 20, 1800: Volta’s Battery Shows Potential
At the close of the 18th century, an Italian physicist creates an invention that will drive innovation in the 19th century and define technology in the 20th.
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