Wilbur Scoville invented the Method That How we measure spiciness of pepper

A Google Doodle celebrates the pharmacist who developed an objective scale for spiciness and proves that while some things can't be measured, chili peppers can be scored easily.

Wilbur Scoville, who was born 151 years ago Friday, developed the Scoville organoleptic test, the first test to assign spicy foods a number based on the heat-inducing sensation they produce, the Telegraph reported. A New England native, Mr. Scoville's pharmaceutical work was lauded in his lifetime, and the Scoville scale he created is still used today.

The Scoville scale ranges from zero – a green bell pepper – to 16 million Scoville Heat Units, according to the Telegraph. Scoville originally based it on how many cups of water would be needed to dilute a given pepper to zero tasteable spiciness

The Google Doodle invites visitors to play a game based on Scoville's theorized "research methods." Scoville eats a pepper, and the visitor must guess how much ice cream he needs to counter its heat. The peppers become progressively spicier, and each user is assigned a spiciness rating based on scale.