Scientists by Achievement

Type the name of the scientist in the box next to their achievement.
Quiz by prestissimo
Rate:
Last updated: September 2, 2021
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedSeptember 1, 2021
Times taken78
Average score48.0%
Report this quizReport
6:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 25 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Achievement
Scientist
Constructed the first mathematical theory of gravity
Isaac Newton
Invented the periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev
Discovered X-rays
Wilhelm Roentgen
Invented the 'plum pudding' model of the atom
J.J. Thomson
Wrote a famous set of four equations describing electromagnetism
James Clerk Maxwell
Nobel laureate credited with the discovery of radium and polonium
Marie Curie / Pierre Curie
The number of atoms in a mole is named after this chemist
Amadeo Avogadro
Introduced the concept of particle wavelength
Louis de Broglie
Italian astronomer who telescopically confirmed the phases of Venus
Galileo Galilei
Discovered penicillin
Alexander Fleming
Discovered electromagnetic induction
Michael Faraday
Nobel laureate who invented a process to synthesise ammonia
Fritz Haber / Carl Bosch
Discovered the neutron
James Chadwick
Resolved the ultraviolet catastrophe by considering quanta of electromagnetic radiation
Max Planck
Development of the theory of relativity from which the famous mass-energy equivalence formula arises
Albert Einstein
Formulated the most famous wave equation in quantum mechanics (1926)
Erwin Schrödinger
Known for discovering the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation
Louis Pasteur
Discovered insulin
Frederick Banting
Codebreaker who invented the first computer
Alan Turing
Discovered infrared radiation and the planet Uranus
William Herschel
Discovered the vaccination for smallpox
Edward Jenner
Played the leading role in the development of density functional theory
Walter Kohn
Optical physicist who developed chirped pulse amplification
Donna Strickland / Gerard Mourou
Discovered the process of photosynthesis
Jan Ingenhousz
Determined the 'absolute zero' of temperature
Lord Kelvin
Comments
No comments yet