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Arthur Eddington
  • 1. What year was Arthur Eddington born?
A) 1925
B) 1882
C) 1900
D) 1950
  • 2. In which country was Arthur Eddington born?
A) Germany
B) England
C) France
D) United States
  • 3. What field of science was Arthur Eddington best known for?
A) Astrophysics
B) Geology
C) Chemistry
D) Biology
  • 4. What is the name of the famous book written by Eddington on the philosophy of science?
A) A Brief History of Humankind
B) A Brief History of Time
C) Cosmos
D) The Nature of the Physical World
  • 5. Which prestigious scientific award did Eddington receive in 1924?
A) Fields Medal
B) Turing Award
C) Nobel Prize
D) Royal Medal
  • 6. Eddington was a prominent supporter of which famous physicist and philosopher's work?
A) Leonard Susskind
B) Albert Einstein
C) Isaac Newton
D) Niels Bohr
  • 7. Which famous scientific experiment did Eddington conduct in 1919?
A) Hubble Space Telescope launch
B) CERN particle collision
C) Double-slit experiment
D) Solar eclipse expedition
  • 8. Eddington played a key role in the discovery of what important process powering stars?
A) Gravitational collapse
B) Solar flares
C) Black hole formation
D) Nuclear fusion
  • 9. Which university did Eddington attend for his undergraduate studies?
A) University of Manchester
B) University of Cambridge
C) University of Oxford
D) Harvard University
  • 10. In what year did Eddington pass away?
A) 1985
B) 1944
C) 2000
D) 1960
  • 11. What prestigious position did Eddington hold from 1914 to 1944 at the University of Cambridge?
A) Plumian Professor of Astronomy
B) Chancellor of the University
C) Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
D) Regius Professor of Physics
  • 12. Eddington's work laid the foundation for what branch of theoretical physics later crucial for understanding the universe?
A) Optics
B) Solid-state physics
C) Cosmology
D) Quantum mechanics
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