Scientists Who Changed the World

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1. Who was the first to prove that the square of the hypotenuse on a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides? Pythagoras Marie Curie Copernicus Ptolemy

2. Who once said to the people of Syracuse, "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth"? Aristotle Galen of Pergamum Hipparchus Archimedes

3. Who of the following died in Clos-Luce, near Amboise, France in 1519? Johannes Gutenberg Edmund Halley Democritus of Abdera Leonardo Da Vinci

4. Who was forced to go on the run after leaving an apprenticeship and borrowing money against his inheritance to develop an idea? Karl Wilhelm Scheele Daniel Fahrenheit Christiaan Huygens James Watt

5. Despite possible claims to the title by other scientists, who is regarded by most as the true founder of modern chemistry? Rene Descartes Antoine Lavoisier Joseph Montgolfier Robert Boyle

6. Who is remembered for his atomic theories even though his primary interest was in the weather? Joseph Gay-Lussac Johann Gregor Mendel James Joule John Dalton

7. Who is famous for his discoveries in the elimination of bacteria in milk? Louis Pasteur Nikola Tesla Lord Kelvin William Gilbert

8. Whose first commercially successful invention was the universal stock ticker? Joseph Priestley Thomas Newcomen Paul Ehrlich Thomas Alva Edison

9. Who graduated on physics from the Sorbonne top of their class? Marie Curie Andre-Marie Ampere Benjamin Franklin Charles Darwin

10. Who of the following urged Franklin D. Roosevelt to develop the atom bomb? Sir Frank Whittle Alexander Graham Bell Albert Einstein Edwin Hubble