History of Science - Part I

Author Marty Cornelius

1. Which famous scientist said that light consists out of waves, and not particles
   A)  Leonardo Da Vinci
   B)  Newton
   C)  Huygens
   D)  Torricelli

2. Which engineer came up with the value that you use when making a model for testing ships, aeroplanes etc. in streams of gass or liquid
   A)  Reynolds
   B)  Froude
   C)  Prandtl
   D)  Bernoulli

3. What units do you use for the Moment of Inertia?
   A)  N (newton)
   B)  mm (milimeters)
   C)  mm^4
   D)  Force per Square Inch

4. Which inventor came up with the first steampowered devices?
   A)  Archimedes
   B)  James Watt
   C)  Hero(n)
   D)  DaVinci

5. Out of how many books did "the Elements" from the famous Greek Euclides consist. (Books about everything the Greek new on Geometry)
   A)  1
   B)  2
   C)  5
   D)  13
   E) 27

6. Which of Euclides Postulates caused a lot of trouble in Geometry from the 19th century onward?
   A)  7
   B)  2
   C)  5
   D)  10