Today in Science (0915)

Events

1835 - The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin, reaches the Galápagos Islands.

1928 - Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

1968 - The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

Births

1828 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist

1852 - Edward Bouchet, American physicist

1894 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist

1929 - Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

1596 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist

1883 - Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist

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My notions here are far more whimsy than informational. I only recently stumbled onto this blog and as an avid historian of science I particularly enjoy the feature and the links. They make me a little smarter on a daily basis. I'll provide more critical thinking at another time but for now just a thanks for doing the work.