Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

The volt (symbol: V), named after Alessandro Volta, is the unit of measurement of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit

lunar crater

effect in electrochemistry

species of fish

history of electricity source

museum devoted to Alessandro Volta's studies in Como

award conferred by the European Physical Society