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