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