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A) 19th century B) 20th century C) 17th century D) 18th century
A) Law of universal gravitation B) Law of thermal dynamics C) Law of definite proportion D) Law of conservation of energy
A) Sir Humphry Davy B) William Thomson C) Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie D) Alexander Williamson
A) Sir Humphry Davy B) Albert Einstein C) Jean Perrin D) Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie
A) A brilliant mathematical breakthrough B) A thoroughly materialistic bit of joiners work C) A visionary scientific discovery D) A law of definite proportions
A) William Thomson B) Alexander Williamson C) Robert Brown D) Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie
A) 1826 B) 1869 C) 1890 D) Early 20th century
A) Fluid dynamics B) Atomic physics C) Calculus of Chemical Operations D) Botanical research
A) Swirling tiny particles B) Clusters of electrons C) Rotations in a continuous fluid medium D) Solid spheres of matter
A) Liquid droplets B) Smoke rings C) Knotted strings D) Planetary orbits
A) Calculus B) Algebra C) Theory of knots D) Geometry
A) Chemical proportions B) Thermal motion C) Magnetism and gravitation D) Atomic mass and weight
A) William Thomson B) Albert Einstein C) Jean Perrin D) Robert Brown
A) Sir Humphry Davy B) Jean Perrin C) Alexander Williamson D) Robert Brown
A) The discovery of the electron B) The validation of the luminiferous aether C) The discontinuous structure of matter D) The mathematical theory of knots
A) Indivisible cubes B) Continuous matter C) Indivisible triangles D) Small spherical atoms
A) Air B) Water C) Fire D) Earth
A) He could not find evidence of fire atoms B) He believed the void violated physical principles C) He believed triangles were too complex D) He felt atoms were too large to exist
A) Rearrangement of atoms B) Transformation from potential to actuality C) Dissolution into triangles D) Movement through the void
A) Smallest parts retaining essential character B) Primary geometric triangles C) Particles of pure void D) Physically indivisible atoms
A) As beings that intervene in earthquakes B) As physical bodies made of triangles C) As moral ideals D) As creators of atoms
A) Timaeus B) Aristotle C) Plato D) Nausiphanes
A) He had better tools for measurement B) His model provided testable hypotheses C) He proved atoms were too small to see D) He rejected the concept of change
A) To predict the movement of stars B) To help people take responsibility for their happiness C) To prove the existence of infinite void D) To explain the formation of triangles
A) Ancient Greek B) Arabic C) Latin D) Sanskrit
A) Leucippus B) Kanāda C) Dharmakirti D) Democritus
A) Invisible B) Eternal C) Uncuttable D) Infinite
A) Parmenides B) Aristotle C) Leucippus D) Plato
A) Kanāda B) Parmenides C) Dharmakirti D) Aristotle
A) Aruni B) Kaṇāda C) Democritus D) Epicurus
A) kaṇa B) dvyaṇuka C) tryaṇukas D) paramāṇu
A) Vaiśeṣika B) Nyaya C) Charvaka D) Ajivika
A) paramāṇu B) tryaṇukas C) dvyaṇuka D) kaṇa
A) 50 B) 4 C) 25 D) 10
A) Lucretius B) Epicurus C) Kaṇāda D) Aruni
A) Lucretius B) Epicurus C) Charles Coulston Gillispie D) Democritus
A) Mathematics B) Astronomy C) Atoms D) Politics
A) Literary critic B) Theologian C) Epicurean philosopher D) Science historian
A) Capricious masters B) The gods C) Human reason D) Nature
A) Stoicism B) Aristotelianism C) Platonism D) Atomism
A) Plato B) Machiavelli C) Socrates D) Aristotle
A) Gravity B) The vacuum C) Magnetism D) Energy
A) Air B) A vacuum C) Ether D) God
A) Galen B) Kanada C) Aristotle D) Dharmakirti
A) rupa-kalapa B) paramāṇu C) guna-dharma D) juz’ lā yatajazzā
A) atom eater B) first thinker C) cosmic force D) nature lover
A) human will B) random chance C) cosmic forces D) divine judgment
A) rupa-kalapa B) juz’ lā yatajazzā C) paramāṇu D) guna-dharma
A) through chemical reactions B) through meditative samadhi C) using advanced lenses D) by breaking them apart
A) guna-dharma B) juz’ lā yatajazzā C) rupa-kalapa D) paramāṇu
A) merge with God B) negate physical laws C) create actions independently D) predict the future
A) Al-Jubba'i B) Kanada C) Ibrahim al-Nazzam D) Abu al-Hudhayl Al-'Allaf
A) Aristotelian philosophy B) Mu'tazilite theology C) Buddhism D) Ajivika
A) Mu'tazila B) Asharite C) Khawarij D) Murji'ah
A) Aristotle B) Al-Ghazali C) Ibn Sina D) Averroes
A) An instant B) A year C) A millennium D) A lifetime
A) Chance B) God's constant intervention C) The collision of atoms D) Natural physical laws
A) Determinism B) Materialism C) Pantheism D) Occasionalism
A) Averroes B) Galen C) Descartes D) Al-Ghazali
A) Isaac Beeckman B) Joshua Gregory C) John Philoponus D) Robert Boyle
A) Infinite vacuum B) Minima naturalia C) Prime mover D) Four humors
A) Daniel Sennert B) John Philoponus C) Al-Ghazali D) Thomas Aquinas
A) Indian philosophy B) Atomism C) Aristotelianism D) Modern physics
A) Pierre Gassendi B) Thomas Hariot C) Henry Percy D) Nicholas of Autrecourt
A) René Descartes B) Isaac Beeckman C) Henry Percy D) Francis Bacon
A) Professional theologians B) Amateur scientists C) Political revolutionaries D) University faculty
A) Giordano Bruno B) Thomas Hobbes C) Thomas Hariot D) Francis Bacon
A) Alchemy B) Geocentrism C) Copernicanism D) Flat Earth
A) René Descartes B) Francis Bacon C) Robert Boyle D) Galileo
A) Pierre Gassendi B) Henry Percy C) Thomas Hobbes D) Isaac Beeckman
A) The text does not mention other regions B) Spain C) Germany D) Italy
A) The Assayer B) Principles of Philosophy C) Democritus reviviscens D) Discourse on Floating Bodies
A) Weight B) Extension C) Colour D) Hardness
A) Vortices B) Incense molecules C) Circular inertial motion D) Free-fall
A) Pierre Gassendi B) René Descartes C) Galileo Galilei D) Johann Chrysostom Magnenus
A) It explained the law of fall perfectly B) It relied solely on geometry C) It denied the existence of primary qualities D) Motion was conserved
A) Roger Boscovich. B) Robert Boyle. C) Isaac Newton. D) Mikhail Lomonosov.
A) Element. B) Particula or molecule. C) Atom. D) Minima naturalia.
A) Mikhail Lomonosov. B) Robert Boyle. C) Roger Boscovich. D) Isaac Newton.
A) 1800 B) 1844 C) 1808 D) 1766
A) Democritus B) Newton C) Boyle D) Lavoisier
A) 1:7 B) 1:5 C) 1:10 D) 2:8
A) Methane B) Ammonia C) Water D) Oxygen gas
A) 2:5 B) 1:3 C) 1:7 D) 1:5 |