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February 18, 2015 12:23 PM   Subscribe

Today is Alessandro Volta's 270th birthday. As is its custom, Google has celebrated the occasion with a Google Doodle celebrating Volta's electric legacy. The Guardian's Charlotte Connelly took exception, thinking Google was mistakenly crediting Volta with the invention of the light bulb. Commenters endeavored to set her straight.
posted by DrAstroZoom (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems kinda like just some minor internet drama; if there's a cool post to be made about Volta, let's do it without the check-out-this-newspaper-comment-section angle. -- cortex



 
Talk about a tempest in a wet-cell pile.
posted by GuyZero at 12:32 PM on February 18, 2015


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