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