Earth Day 2021 is here and the folks at Google hope it plants a tree in your heart with this adorable Google doodle of one family’s tree-planting legacy. “The planet we call home continues to nurture life and inspire wonder. Our environment works hard to sustain us, which calls for us to return the favor,” Google wrote in a description. “Today’s video Doodle shows a variety of trees being planted within natural habitats, one of… Source link
Read More »Luther Vandross Google Doodle created by Atlanta artist
ExploreBlack History Month Google Doodle honors activist Audre Lorde After years of working with numerous big-name artists, Vandross launched his solo career in 1981. He composed, wrote and produced his debut studio album, “Never Too Much,” which is the soundtrack of today’s Doodle and the first of 14 studio albums that went either platinum or multiplatinum. Vandross’ career culminated in eight Grammy Awards (out of 33… Source link
Read More »Laura Bassi featured on Saturday’s Google Doodle
On Saturday, the search engine featured Laura Maria Catarina Bassi, an Italian physicist and professor who was a pioneer for women in science. Born in 1711, Bassi debated top academics on the history of philosophy and physics by age 20, an impressive achievement given that women were largely excluded from higher education during that time. “On this day in 1732, Bassi successfully defended 49 theses to become one of the first women in Europe to receive a PhD,” Google wrote. Becoming a household… Source link
Read More »Saturday’s Google Doodle Celebrates Physicist Laura Bassi
Bassi married a doctor, who was also an anatomy lecturer at the university, and they had 8 children. Google Saturday’s Google Doodle honors physicist Laura Bassi, the first woman to earn a doctorate in science. Bassi spent much of her 46-year career exploring the physics of electricity and popularizing Isaac Newton’s ideas about motion and gravity. She also fought for decades to be allowed to teach, research, and publicly present her work on the same terms as her male… Source link
Read More »Google celebrates the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Special Doodle
It’s a big day in the world of New York City art: today marks the 151st anniversary of the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Google is celebrating the best way it knows how: with a special Doodle. Head to the search engine’s homepage and you’ll notice an animation created by Google artist Erich Nagler featuring 18 objects from the Met’s own collection. The Doodle is viewable in over 20 countries. Image: Courtesy Google “I actually began working on this Doodle last year, to… Source link
Read More »Metropolitan Museum of Art Google Doodle Marks 151st Anniversary – ARTnews.com
Tuesday marks the 151st anniversary of the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Google is celebrating with a special Doodle on its homepage. Created by Google artist Erich Nagler, the animation features a selection of objects from the Met’s collection, and it is viewable in over 20 countries. According to a representative for the Met, the museum and Google had originally planned for the Doodle to appear last year, which marked its 150th birthday. Its debut was… Source link
Read More »N95 mask inventor Dr. Wu Lien-teh celebrated with Google Doodle
Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link
Read More »N95 mask inventor Dr. Wu Lien-teh celebrated with Google Doodle
Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link
Read More »Google Doodle honors women’s firsts on International Women’s Day
The latest Google Doodle celebrates hands that made a difference. Google Google… Source link
Read More »Google Doodle honors female billiards trailblazer Masako Katsura
Google honors billiards great Masako Katsura. Google On March 7, 1952, Masako… Source link
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