Alessandro Volta – Savage Minds / Notes and Queries in Anthropology Sun, 24 Dec 2017 01:44:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 The missing piece of National Anthropology Day: ELECTRICITY /2015/02/18/the-missing-piece-of-national-anthropology-day-electricity/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:52:11 +0000 /?p=16359 Continue reading The missing piece of National Anthropology Day: ELECTRICITY →]]> Goats, chocolate mint, Chinese New Year: National Anthropology Day seemed to have it all. Until, that is, long-time reader Eddie Schmitt pointed out the missing ingredient in National Anthropology Day: electricity. That’s right: National Anthropology Day is also the birthday of Alessandro Volta!

Alessandro Volta, reimagined for National Anthropology Day by Edwin Schmitt. Used by permission.
Alessandro Volta, reimagined for National Anthropology Day by Edwin Schmitt. Used by permission.

“Electricity?” You may ask, “do we need one more thing to celebrate on National Anthropology Day?” Well my friends, as you will see, electricity is key to most of the recipes (forthcoming) for National Anthropology Day.

“Wait a second,” you might also ask, “wasn’t Volta born the day before National Anthropology Day?” To which I would say: “This is yet another example of how Wikipedia is inferior to Official Reference Material. Luckily, there will always be places like Savage Minds which can be relied on to bring you 100% completely accurate information about anthropology.

Happy Anthropology! And happy Alessandro Volta day!

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