August has arrived and with it come lots of opportunities to Do Some Science! In addition to be Children Eye Health and Safety Month, August is also home to a Sturgeon Supermoon, the Perseids Meteor Shower, and National Aviation Day. Take a look at what August brings for the science lover in you.
August 4: Nicolas-Jacque Conte was born on this day in 1755. He is credited with inventing the modern pencil.
August 6: On this day in 1935, William Coolidge obtained the patent for the cathode ray tube; making television and other electronics possible
August 9: Swiss developmental psychologist and zoologist, Jean Piaget, was born on this day in 1896.
August 11: Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple computers, was born on this day in 1950
August 12-13: Perseids Meteor Shower
August 14: Biologist, Earnest Just, was born on this day in 1883. He is best known for his contributions to the field of marine biology.
August 15: Full Sturgeon Moon (also known as the Full Green Corn Moon and Grain Moon) Supermoon (year’s largest full moon)
August 17: National Honey Bee Awareness Day
August 19: National Aviation Day
August 20: Voyager 2 was launched on this day in 1977. It is the only Earth spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune, and is currently on its way to interstellar space.
August 20: World Mosquito Day
August 21: The first practical adding & listing machine (calculator) was patented by William Burroughs on this date in 1988.
August 26: French scientist, Antoine Lavoisier, was born on this day in 1743. He is considered by many to be the “father of modern chemistry.”
August 29: German mathematician, Bartholomeus Pitiscus, was born on this day in 1561. He is credited with inventing trigonometry.
