Google unveils a new Doodle today celebrating the birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, it is a GHz-like waves featuring Google Colors.
One of the pillars of the “Electromagnetic Theory of Light,” German physicist Heirich Rudolf Hertz is the center of the Google universe today, February 22nd (Australian Time) with his own Google Doodle. According to Google, the new Doodle celebrates the 155th birthday of Heirich Rudolf Hertz.
Electromagnetic Waves
According to his official Wikipedia page, Heirich Rudolf Hertz was the first physicist to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves with his apparatus that produced and detected the radio waves. See more, visit Wikipedia.
Gone too soon, Hertz died at the age of 36. He was diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis, an incurable form of vasculitis that affects the nose, lungs, and kidney, and other organs.
Google Doodle
Compared to other Google Doodles, the Hertz Doodle does not include the Google letters, and features an infinite-moving, colorful electromagnetic wave-like diagram. Clicking the image will initiate the Google search for Heirich Rudolf Hertz.
Time Zones
The new Google Doodle is now available in Australia and New Zealand because it’s already the 22nd of February there. The Doodle will presumably invade other Google sites later, including the United States and United Kingdom local Google websites.
Source: Google Australia.
