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