Today’s Google Doodle is celebrating the life and legacy of prolific solar energy scientist Mária Telkes.The Hungarian-American scientist and biophysicist was known for inventing multiple solar power devices and technologies.Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘Sun Queen’ biophysicist.Today’s Google Doodle honours Maria Telkesborn in Budapest, Hungary, on this date in 1900, Telkes studied physical chemistry at the city’s Eotvos Lorand University from 1920, earning her doctorate in 1924. She emigrated to the US after graduating where and took a number of research roles before co-writing the book Phenomenon of Life with her mentor, George Washington Crile.Granted American citizenship in 1937, she took a job with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying solar energy in 1939.During World War II, she worked with the U.S. government to help develop a…
Maria Telkes: Google Doodle honours prolific solar energy scientist Mária Telkes
