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