Physics pioneers quiz
Checked on 4 November 2026
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Who wrote the book "The Universe in a Nutshell"?
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The answer is Stephen Hawking.
The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book by Stephen Hawking.
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Which magazine named Albert Einstein its "Person of the Century" in 1999?
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In which field of science was Albert Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize?
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Who discovered the Law of Gravitation?
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The answer is Isaac Newton.
Newton set out the law of universal gravitation in the Principia.
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In 'The Starry Messenger', who reported that the Moon has mountains and craters?
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The answer is Galileo Galilei.
Galileo's Starry Messenger reported a mountainous Moon seen through a telescope.
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James Chadwick made a key discovery concerning what?
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The answer is Neutron.
Chadwick won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the neutron.
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Who pioneered Electromagnetic induction?
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The answer is Michael Faraday.
Faraday discovered the principles of electromagnetic induction.
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Whose works provided one of the foundations for Newton's theory of universal gravitation?
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The answer is Johannes Kepler.
Newton built on Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
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Who pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics?
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The answer is Jagadish Chandra Bose.
Bose pioneered the study of radio and microwave optics.
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Who is credited for having discovered the law of refraction in 1621?
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The answer is Willebrord Snellius.
Snellius discovered the law of refraction in 1621.