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Arthur Eddington
  • 1. What year was Arthur Eddington born?
A) 1925
B) 1882
C) 1950
D) 1900
  • 2. In which country was Arthur Eddington born?
A) England
B) France
C) United States
D) Germany
  • 3. What field of science was Arthur Eddington best known for?
A) Geology
B) Astrophysics
C) Chemistry
D) Biology
  • 4. What is the name of the famous book written by Eddington on the philosophy of science?
A) A Brief History of Time
B) Cosmos
C) The Nature of the Physical World
D) A Brief History of Humankind
  • 5. Which prestigious scientific award did Eddington receive in 1924?
A) Nobel Prize
B) Fields Medal
C) Turing Award
D) Royal Medal
  • 6. Eddington was a prominent supporter of which famous physicist and philosopher's work?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Niels Bohr
C) Albert Einstein
D) Leonard Susskind
  • 7. Which famous scientific experiment did Eddington conduct in 1919?
A) CERN particle collision
B) Solar eclipse expedition
C) Hubble Space Telescope launch
D) Double-slit experiment
  • 8. Eddington played a key role in the discovery of what important process powering stars?
A) Gravitational collapse
B) Solar flares
C) Black hole formation
D) Nuclear fusion
  • 9. Which university did Eddington attend for his undergraduate studies?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of Oxford
C) Harvard University
D) University of Manchester
  • 10. In what year did Eddington pass away?
A) 1985
B) 2000
C) 1960
D) 1944
  • 11. What prestigious position did Eddington hold from 1914 to 1944 at the University of Cambridge?
A) Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
B) Plumian Professor of Astronomy
C) Regius Professor of Physics
D) Chancellor of the University
  • 12. Eddington's work laid the foundation for what branch of theoretical physics later crucial for understanding the universe?
A) Cosmology
B) Solid-state physics
C) Quantum mechanics
D) Optics
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