November 18

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Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

  • ... that physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) conducted pioneering research on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; and that Bosscha was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire?

Selected Anniversaries

Topic of the Day

Elvis Costello