Hint | Law or Principle | Named After | % Correct |
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In a triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the square of the other two sides added together. | Pythagorean theorem | Pythagoras of Samos (c.570–c.495 BC) | 94%
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Includes: Objects remains at constant velocity unless acted on by an outside force. | Newton's laws of motion | Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) | 93%
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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. | Murphy's law | Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990) | 69%
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The upward buoyant force exerted on a body is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. | Archimedes' principle | Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287–c.212 BC) | 62%
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The more precisely the position of a particle is measured, the less precisely its momentum can be known. | Heisenberg's uncertainty principle | Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) | 54%
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The current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points. | Ohm's law | Georg Ohm (1789–1854) | 52%
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Includes: A robot may not injure a human or allow a human to come to harm. | Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics | Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) | 51%
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An organism has a pair of genes, one from each parent. It passes down only one to each offspring. | Mendel's laws | Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) | 51%
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Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity. Or, the simplest explanation is usually the best one. | Occam's razor | William of Ockham (1287–1347) | 51%
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Includes: The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci. | Kepler's laws of planetary motion | Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) | 45%
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The farther away galaxies are from Earth, the faster they are moving away. | Hubble's law | Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) | 38%
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The number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years. | Moore's law | Gordon Moore (1929–) | 28%
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As the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases. | Bernoulli's principle | Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782) | 23%
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The maximum working distance of an antenna varies as the square of its height. | Marconi's law | Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) | 18%
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