Internet search giant Google has paid tribute to Albert von Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt, a Hungarian physiologist who discovered vitamin C, with a Google Doodle that features fruits rich in vitamin C. The Google Doodle marks the 118th birthday of Szent-Györgyi with the logo that looks like a fruit juice label, with colorful drawings of fruits that include oranges, lemons...
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Google is paying tribute to one of the greatest musicians of our time, Freddie Mercury, with an animated Google Doodle celebrating his 65th birth anniversary. Visitors to the homepage of Google will find an interactive Google Doodle that, when clicked, would play the 1978 Queen hit song Don’t Stop Me Now. The song is accompanied with a animated video that shows Mercury...
Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentinian writer and poet, has been honored with a bespoke Google Doodle to celebrate what would have been his 112th birthday. Jorge was born on 24th August 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and from a young age showed a flair for writing with imagination. His work Borges was educated in Switzerland after moving there with his family in 1914, he...
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 410th birthday of Pierre de Fermat, one of the greatest mathematicians in history. The doodle also celebrates the tantalizing mystery that he left behind, which troubled mathematicians for over three centuries. Today, the Google homepage displays a blackboard that has de Fermat’s theorem written in chalk. The equation xn...
Search engine giant Google has put up a new Google Doodle to celebrate India’s 65th Independence Day. A sketch of the Red Fort, a 17th century fort that has an important place in Delhi and India’s history, has been put up by the company in its homepage. In 2007, the Red Fort has been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Clicking on the Doodle takes you...
Search engine giant Google has celebrated American artist and sculptor Alexander Calder’s 113th birthday with a new Google Doodle. The Google Doodle shows a mobile sculpture that was created by Calder. Mobile sculptures have objects hanging from its rods that take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. Motion is used by kinetic art for an artistic effect. The...
Google has celebrated the 189th birthday of Gregor Johann Mendel, a scientist and friar whose work on genetics helped form the basis for modern day theories. Like most great historical figures Mendel’s work wasn’t recognised until long after he died, Google has played their part by ensuring more people learn of his work. Gregor Mendel Doodle Today’s doodle...
Today, search engine cgaint Google is celebrating the 200th birthday of Sir George Gilbert Scott, a British architect who designed the Foreign Commonwealth office in London, with its Google Doodle. The doodle features Sir George Gilbert Scott’s most successful project, the Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras Station. The building’s windows replaces the letters...
A Google Doodle is marking the 450th anniversary of Russia’s famous St. Basil’s Cathedral today. St. Basil’s Cathedral is a famous Russian landmark that features nine colorful onion-shaped domes. The cathedral is located just outside of Kremlin in Moscow’s Red Square. The artwork of the cathedral replaces the letter ‘l’ in the Google...
For the twelfth year in a row Google has celebrated the American Independence Day with a bespoke Google Doodle. A colorful Doodle took centre stage on the homepage with various scenes from across the United States. In the west landmarks appear in the sun, fading to nighttime in the east. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is at the beginning of the rainbow, set behind...