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