Modern Science History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. On February 8, 1600, Pope Clement VIII ordered the death sentence of which "heretic"? Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Giordano Bruno

2. In which year was Isaac Newton's "Principia" first published? 1666 1687 1727 1700

3. Who proposed the "plum pudding" model of the atom in 1897? Niels Bohr Ernest Rutherford Henri Poincare J.J Thomson

4. Which of Einstein's theories was published first, the special, or general theory of relativity? Answer: (General or Special?)

5. Who was first credited with the thorough classification of animals and plants? Carl Linnaeus Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Charles Darwin John Ray

6. What was the title of Charles Darwin's work published in 1859? Daas Kapital The origin of life On the origin of species On the origin of lunch

7. Who postulated the theory that magnetic fields are produced both by changing electric fields and by electric currents? Alessandro Volta James Maxwell Charles Coulomb Guliemo Marconi

8. On which islands did Charles Darwin notice the discrepancy between the development of different species of finches ? Greek Galapagos Spice Solomon

9. Who was part of the Manhattan project of WW2? Walter Funf Albert Einstein J. Robert Oppenheimer Leo Szilard

10. Which ancient Greek philosopher is credited with describing the geocentric theory of the universe? Aristotle Heraclitus Archimedes Ptolemy