While not really a Doodle, this special version of Google Maps lets you go underwater and explore the Galapagos Islands.

Doodle Game #16: Darwin’s Living Laboratory This Doodle is all about the sounds that various animals make, from dogs and cats to anteaters and yaks. Doodle Game #15: Animal Soundsĭid you ever wonder what a panda or a Komodo dragon sounds like? If so, you’ll like this one. Arpeggios are chords that only have one note played at a time.įor the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express, an old mail service consisting of riders delivering letters from one side of the country to the other on horseback, this 2015 Doodle accepts you as one of its members. This little app, developed by Yotam Mann, was made to show how arpeggios work. This Doodle is dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven’s 245th birthday. Help this famous composer put back together his best-known works after facing a series of mishaps on his way to the concert hall. Doodle Game #7: Beethoven’s Birthday Doodle This Doodle lets you create your own music pieces by using notes onscreen and your own imagination. The interesting thing is that he made these animations before any sort of music videos even existed. Oskar Fischinger was an animator that made animations accompanied by music. This Doodle features the late Clara Rockmore, a virtuoso of this instrument. This mantra went on to become Google's mission statement.If you’ve ever wondered what a theremin is or how it sounds, this Doodle is for you, as it teaches you how to play this interesting instrument. This was the chance encounter that started the entire Google phenomena.īoth the geniuses, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, came together and started to develop a common goal: to organise the entire world's information and make this organisation into something that is useful and accessible to everybody in the world. In an act of random coincidence, Google's other co-founder, Sergey Brin, was assigned to show Larry Page around the campus. In 1997, Google's co-founder Larry Page arrived at Stanford University in order to pursue a PhD in computer science.

This includes a version of the popular classic game, Snake. To mark its 19th Birthday, Google has integrated a spinning wheel, which is a simple and fun way to explore the 19 surprises that Google has launched over the past 19 years. In other words, today is Google's 19th Birthday. This is because today's Google Doodle commemorates Google's 19th year of existence on earth. Today's Google Doodle is sure to be a special one.

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