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