James Clerk Maxwell - Test
A) 1831 B) 1901 C) 1861 D) 1801
A) Quantum Mechanics B) Electromagnetism C) Astrophysics D) Thermodynamics
A) University of Glasgow B) University of Edinburgh C) University of Oxford D) University of Cambridge
A) Green, Yellow, Blue B) Red, Green, Blue C) Red, Purple, Green D) Red, Yellow, Blue
A) Hertz B) Farad C) Weber D) Ohm
A) 1909 B) 1879 C) 1899 D) 1889
A) European Academy of Sciences B) American Physical Society C) Royal Society D) National Academy of Sciences
A) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force B) Electricity and Magnetism C) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force D) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism
A) Telegraph B) Television C) Internet D) Radio
A) Newton's Laws B) Maxwell's Equations C) Schrodinger's Equation D) Ohm's Law
A) English B) Welsh C) Irish D) Scottish
A) 1865 B) 1859 C) 1860 D) 1854
A) Smith’s Prize B) Nobel Prize C) Cavendish Medal D) Adams Prize
A) The second great unification in physics B) The invention of the steam engine C) The first great unification in physics D) The discovery of radio waves
A) James Watt B) Albert Einstein C) Niels Bohr D) Isaac Newton
A) Oxford University B) King’s College London C) Marischal College D) Trinity College, Cambridge
A) Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution B) Poisson distribution C) Binomial distribution D) Normal distribution
A) The first durable colour photograph B) The first digital photograph C) The first panoramic photograph D) The first black and white photograph
A) The theory of relativity B) The Maxwell model for viscoelastic materials C) The quantum model D) The theory of evolution
A) As a historian B) As a student C) As a critic D) As a founder
A) Medieval physics B) Modern physics C) Ancient physics D) Classical physics
A) Quantum B) Entropy C) Chaos D) Relativity
A) Advocate B) Farmer C) Artist D) Civil engineer
A) Cousin B) Son C) Brother D) Nephew
A) Blackburn B) Clerk C) Dyce D) Cay
A) 45 B) Nearly 40 C) 25 D) 30
A) Frances B) Jemima C) Elizabeth D) Jane
A) Penicuik B) Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire C) Edinburgh D) Middlebie
A) 500 acres B) 2,000 acres C) 750 acres D) 1,500 acres (610 ha)
A) "What's the go o' that?" B) "How does it work?" C) "Show me how it doos" D) "Tell me more"
A) John Clerk Maxwell B) Robert Hodshon Cay C) Jemima Blackburn D) William Dyce Cay
A) His father B) His mother, Frances C) His aunt Isabella D) A hired tutor
A) 16 years old B) 22 years old C) 18 years old D) 20 years old
A) Robert Davidson B) Lewis Campbell C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) James Forbes
A) 1840 B) 1843 C) 1841 D) 1842
A) His older cousin Jemima B) His mother, Frances C) His aunt Isabella D) His father
A) Bookworm B) Smartie C) Daftie D) Genius
A) 15 B) 13 C) 12 D) 14
A) Robert Davidson B) James Forbes C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) Lewis Campbell
A) Carl Friedrich Gauss B) Leonhard Euler C) Isaac Newton D) René Descartes
A) Electromagnetism B) Quantum mechanics C) Photoelasticity D) Thermodynamics
A) Trinity College Society B) Cambridge Philosophical Society C) Royal Society D) Cambridge Apostles
A) 10 October 1855 B) 1 January 1855 C) 25 December 1855 D) 15 August 1855
A) Math prodigy B) Senior wrangler-maker C) Math genius D) Mathematical mentor
A) Second B) Third C) Equal with Edward Routh D) First
A) Single refraction B) No refraction C) Permanent double refraction D) Temporary double refraction produced by shear stress
A) Focusing only on theology B) Focusing only on mathematics C) Letting nothing be wilfully left unexamined D) Focusing only on physics
A) Mathematical errors B) Scientific doubts C) Theological questions D) Holy spots
A) They are commonly supposed to be 'Tabooed' by the orthodox B) They are irrelevant to modern science C) They are fully understood by all D) They are universally accepted
A) Scientific discovery B) Social interactions C) His own willpower D) God's grace
A) 15 hours B) 25 hours C) 10 hours D) 20 hours
A) Edinburgh B) London C) Glenlair D) Aberdeen
A) £200 B) £130 C) £50 D) £100
A) Niels Bohr B) Albert Einstein C) George Biddell Airy D) Isaac Newton
A) 2 June 1858 B) 2 June 1860 C) 2 June 1859 D) 2 June 1857
A) Malaria B) Smallpox C) Tuberculosis D) Cholera
A) 1860 B) 1865 C) 1861 D) 1862
A) 1860 B) 1862 C) 1865 D) 1861
A) thermodynamics B) quantum mechanics C) calculus D) dimensional analysis
A) Michael Faraday B) Albert Einstein C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Isaac Newton
A) 1865 B) 1861 C) early 1862 D) 1863
A) 1879 B) 1871 C) 1865 D) 1876
A) The SI system B) The CGS system C) The Metric system D) The Imperial system
A) Abdominal cancer B) Lung cancer C) Brain cancer D) Skin cancer
A) 60 B) 55 C) 50 D) 48
A) Colin Mackenzie B) William Garnett C) George Edward Paget D) Professor Lewis Campbell
A) At the Cavendish Laboratory B) In Cambridge University Chapel C) In Parton Kirk D) Near the choir screen at Westminster Abbey
A) Quantum entanglement B) The 'butterfly effect' C) Thermodynamic equilibrium D) The theory of relativity
A) 1890 B) 1882 C) 1875 D) 1865
A) June 1850 B) March 1852 C) April 1853 D) December 1855
A) Albert Einstein B) Erwin Schrödinger C) Niels Bohr D) Richard Feynman
A) Piano B) Flute C) Guitar D) Violin
A) Science Magazine B) PhysicsWeb C) Scientific American D) Nature
A) Antipositivist B) Empiricist C) Rationalist D) Positivist
A) Outgoing personality B) Charisma C) Public speaking skills D) Social awkwardness
A) 1865 B) 1861 C) 1873 D) 1881
A) Peter Guthrie Tate B) Oliver Heaviside C) Albert Einstein D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Partial differential equations B) Vector analysis C) Quaternions D) Scalar potentials
A) Tate B) Maxwell C) Heaviside D) Einstein
A) Magnetic fields B) A vacuum C) Electric fields D) A medium called the luminiferous aether
A) The Michelson–Morley experiment B) The Maxwell experiment C) The Einstein experiment D) The Faraday experiment
A) Vector analysis B) Maxwell's equations C) The luminiferous aether D) The concept of force fields
A) The Nobel Prize B) The Faraday Medal C) The Rumford Medal D) The Copley Medal
A) Albert Einstein B) Isaac Newton C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Thomas Young
A) Isaac Newton B) Niels Bohr C) Thomas Sutton D) Albert Einstein
A) Ludwig Boltzmann B) Josiah Willard Gibbs C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) Rudolf Clausius
A) 1867-1868 B) 1874 C) 1859 D) 1871
A) Heat transport B) Phase transitions C) Steam engine regulation D) Viscoelastic materials
A) Josiah Willard Gibbs B) Rudolf Clausius C) Daniel Bernoulli D) John Herapath
A) A model for viscoelastic materials B) A paper on governors C) A plaster thermodynamic visualisation D) A treatise on electricity and magnetism
A) Maxwell's thermodynamic relations B) Maxwell's thermodynamic visualisation C) The Maxwell-Cattaneo equation D) Maxwell's demon |
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