Alessandro Volta Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was born was born in Como, Lombardy, duchy of Milan, on 18 ...

On this day in 1745, Italian Alessandro Volta was born, the inventor of the prototype electric battery. Volta's life story is fascinating not only because of his invention; he was also a brilliant ...

Hello, everyone! In 1799, an Italian scientist named Alessandro Volta invented electricity, and one and a half centuries later, the internet was launched! These inventions changed our world ...

opened the age of electric power and settled his celebrated argument with Luigi Galvani. Curiously he then played no part in the epochal developments that his invention made possible ...

Ever since Alessandro Volta created the first true version in 1800, the battery has been on a slow but steady rise to fame – powering revolution after revolution – literally. But, can this ...