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