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Is Thales of Miletus the Father of Electricity?
It is sometimes hard to imagine there was a time without electricity. Although it is…
Browsing: Historical Personality
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John Goodenough for Lithium Battery Technology
Few students at the University of Texas spare John Goodenough, aged 94 a second thought.…
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The First Batteries in Space Were Silver-Zinc
General Eisenhower began the Space Race when he announced plans to launch the world’s first…
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Whittingham – The Grand Daddy of Lithium-Ion?
We might not have our laptops, smartphones, and tablets but for M Stanley Whittingham. On…
Battery Basics
Why Do We Call a Battery … A Battery
What’s in a name? Nothing, until we associate it with something concrete. Before 1799, a…
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Was Otto von Guericke a Battery Visionary?
Otto von Guericke was the first person to demonstrate static electricity. This is a condition…
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‘Ancient Battery’ from the Parthian Period
The Parthian Empire controlled the Middle East and Central Europe from 247 BC to 224…
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Heinrich Hertz ‘Father’ of Electromagnetism
When Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was born in Germany in 1857, the world knew that electromagnetism…
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Bo Jangles Dances with Tesla Coils
Nikola Tesla registered over 300 patents when he was expanding the boundaries of electricity at…
Happy Birthday, Tesla!
Nikola Tesla would be 160 this Sunday, July 10. He is not around to eat…