A) February 15, 1564 B) June 23, 1612 C) December 7, 1635 D) March 4, 1590
A) Pisa, Italy B) Athens, Greece C) Barcelona, Spain D) Cairo, Egypt
A) The Mathematics Wizard B) The King of Astronomy C) The Renaissance Man D) The Father of Modern Science
A) Johannes Kepler B) Isaac Newton C) Aristotle D) Nicolaus Copernicus
A) The Starry Messenger B) Letters on Sunspots C) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems D) Sidereus Nuncius
A) 1632 B) 1599 C) 1645 D) 1678
A) Soldier B) Farmer C) Musician D) Astronomer, physicist, and engineer
A) Royal jester B) Court musician C) Master gardener D) Philosopher and mathematician
A) 1655 B) 1582 C) 1567 D) 1610
A) 1633 B) 1605 C) 1621 D) 1648
A) Six B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Michelangelo (or Michelagnolo) B) Borghini C) Vincenzo D) Giulia
A) Eight B) Twelve C) Ten D) Six
A) Florence Cathedral School B) Duchy of Florence Academy C) University of Pisa D) Vallombrosa Abbey
A) Muzio Tedaldi B) Vincenzo Galilei C) Jacopo Borghini D) Giulia Ammannati
A) Flute B) Violin C) Piano D) Lute
A) Galileo B) Bonaiuti C) Galilei D) Linceo
A) Galileo Bonaiuti B) Tommaso Caccini C) Sestilia Bocchineri D) Marina Gamba
A) Basilica of Santa Croce B) Dominican Order C) Accademia dei Lincei D) San Matteo Convent
A) Tommaso Caccini B) Sestilia Bocchineri C) Vincenzo D) Marina Gamba
A) Four B) Two C) One D) Three
A) Livia B) Sister Arcangela C) Maria Celeste D) Galileo Bonaiuti
A) Healthy B) Legitimised C) Ill D) Married
A) Livia B) Marina Gamba C) Maria Celeste D) Sestilia Bocchineri
A) Their illegitimate birth B) Religious vows C) Financial problems with sisters D) Their health conditions
A) Philosophy degree B) Mathematics degree C) Theology degree D) Medical degree
A) The movement of planets in the night sky. B) The flow of water in a river. C) A swinging chandelier's consistent timing with his heartbeat. D) The flight path of birds.
A) A barometer B) A hydrostatic balance C) A steam engine D) An air pump
A) A telescope design B) A horse-powered water pump C) An air conditioning system D) A mechanical clock
A) They were rivals in scientific research. B) They began a lifelong friendship. C) Cigoli was Galileo's student. D) Cigoli was Galileo's mentor.
A) The Ptolemaic model B) Capellan geo-heliocentrism C) Tychonic geo-heliocentrism D) Copernican heliocentrism
A) A steam engine B) An air pump C) A thermoscope D) A barometer
A) It was dedicated to Pope Urban VIII B) Galileo explicitly stated his support for heliocentrism in the preface C) The character Simplicio, who defended geocentrism, often came across as foolish D) He included personal attacks on Aristotelian scholars
A) Galilean satellites B) Cosmian bodies C) Jovian moons D) Medicean stars
A) Inverted images. B) Reduced images. C) Magnified, upright images. D) Distorted images.
A) On Motion B) Two New Sciences C) The Assayer D) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
A) Lucretius B) Nicole Oresme C) John Philoponus D) Domingo de Soto
A) Because they proved the stars were much larger than expected. B) Because they confirmed the geoheliocentric model. C) Because the smaller sizes made the argument about undetectable annual parallaxes less absurd. D) Because they showed stars had no parallax.
A) Grote Markt B) Nieuwe Kerk C) Prinsenhof D) Dokkentoren
A) The Assayer B) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems C) De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium D) Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)
A) Galileo's own observatory B) The University of Bologna C) Christopher Clavius's observatory in Rome D) Harriot's observatory
A) Italian B) French C) Latin D) English
A) The moons could only be seen during the day. B) The ships were not equipped with telescopes. C) The method was too complex for sailors. D) Observing the moons proved too difficult.
A) Johannes Kepler B) Christiaan Huygens C) René Descartes D) Galileo Galilei
A) Discourse on Comets B) Astronomical Disputation C) Philosophical Balance D) The Assayer (Il Saggiatore)
A) Johannes Kepler B) Christiaan Huygens C) Vincenzo Viviani D) René Descartes
A) 600 volumes B) At least 598 volumes C) 500 volumes D) 560 volumes
A) Galilean invariance B) Newtonian mechanics C) Quantum mechanics D) Thermodynamics
A) 1992. B) 1758. C) 1835. D) 1718.
A) Jesuit Christoph Scheiner B) Francesco Sizzi C) Tycho Brahe D) Johannes Fabricius
A) Newton's laws of motion B) Einstein's theory of relativity C) Aristotle's teaching that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones D) Kepler's laws of planetary motion
A) 25 August 1609 B) 15 January 1605 C) March 1610 D) 1608
A) A thought experiment involving a ship's cabin B) A mathematical proof C) A laboratory experiment D) An astronomical observation
A) Auroras B) Comets C) Moons D) Planets
A) In a vacuum chamber B) Underwater C) From the top of mountains D) Using inclined planes
A) Sir Isaac Newton B) Vincenzo Viviani C) Johannes Kepler D) René Descartes
A) 1861 B) Around 1750 C) 1793 D) 1649
A) Robert Hooke B) Albert Einstein C) Stillman Drake D) Isaac Newton
A) Hans Lippershey B) Kepler C) Tycho Brahe D) Ottavio Brenzoni
A) Tycho Brahe B) Ottavio Brenzoni C) Hans Lippershey D) Galileo Galilei
A) Aristotle B) Thomas Harriot C) William Gilbert D) Simon Marius
A) 6th century B) 16th century C) 14th century D) 17th century
A) Planets had elliptical orbits. B) Planets orbited the Sun directly. C) Planets' orbits did not intersect the spherical shell carrying the Sun. D) Planets orbited Earth in perfect circles.
A) 1586 B) 1609 C) 1638 D) 1492
A) Inertial B) Inelastic C) Isochronous D) Isotropic
A) The inaccuracies of Aristotelian physics B) A physical demonstration supporting the Copernican system C) The influence of lunar phases on ocean currents D) The impact of solar flares on Earth's atmosphere
A) Domingo de Soto B) Lucretius C) Nicole Oresme D) John Philoponus
A) Via Hans Lippershey B) By observing it directly in 1604 C) Through a letter from Ottavio Brenzoni D) From Tycho Brahe
A) He thought the planet had disappeared. B) The telescope malfunctioned. C) The rings reappeared after being oriented directly to Earth. D) Saturn's moons changed positions.
A) Cardinal Bellarmine B) Pope Paul V C) Benedetto Castelli D) Francesco Ingoli
A) Borealis Lights. B) Aurora Borealis. C) Roman Dawn. D) Galilean Lights.
A) 1623 B) 1606 C) 1638 D) 1610
A) 1610 B) 2009 C) 1590 D) 1632
A) John Philoponus B) Domingo de Soto C) Lucretius D) Nicole Oresme
A) June B) January C) September D) December |