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By calculating this constant, Maxwell set the stage for Einstein to develop his theory of special relativity
What is the speed of light?
Katherin Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson are the three leads in this 2016 film
What is Hidden Figures?
He was put under house arrest due to his statements related to heliocentrism going against the Catholic Church
Who is Galileo?
The first mention of a time machine is attributed to this author after his 1895 novel, The Time Machine
Who is HG Wells?
The beautiful Phillips Hall was named after this many Phillipses.
What is three?
In 1857, Maxwell managed to prove that the rings around this object were made up of many small particles that he called “brick-bats” rather than a contiguous solid ring
What is Saturn?
By noticing a discrepancy between predicted and observed rotation of galaxies, she showed that they must contain what we now call "Dark Matter"
Who is Vera Rubin?
This Greek scientist and mathematician allegedly set enemy boats on fire using only mirrors and the sun
Who is Archimedes?
In Star Wars, Han Solo says that he can make the Kessel Run in 12 of these astronomical units of distance
What are parsecs?
The UNC physics club ViP was originally established in 2010 under this name
What is Carolina Women in Physics?
This physicist who worked alongside Maxwell made significant contributions to thermodynamics, getting a distribution and constant named after him
Who is Boltzmann?
Born in the Soviet Union, she was the first women to ever go to space on Vostok 6.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
Shen Kou created the first one of these used for navigation using the principles of magnetism
What is a compass?
This science fiction author who wrote The Martian and Project Hail Mary is known for trying to make the science in his books as realistic as possible, even going as far as to figure out how many potatoes you'd need each day to survive on Mars
Who is Andy Weir?
This current UNC professor drives racecars as a hobby.
Who is Dr. Amy Oldenburg/Josefsberg?
Using red, green and blue filters, in 1861 Maxwell showed off the first color version of this invention, even if it had its issues
What is a photograph?
This physicist and chemist, along with her husband, used to have a university in Paris named after them.
Who is Marie Curie?
When presenting the discovery of the Higgs-Boson in 2012, Fabiola Gianotti used this font, sparking controversy over the internet
What is Comic Sans?
What is Frankenstein?
This current UNC professor was caught on film extinguishing the fire of a bomb set off under the Davie Poplar tree receiving burns from the incident.
Who is Dr. Daniel Reichart
While Maxwell was developing his work on electromagnetism, there was an ongoing debate as to whether vectors or this 4-D number system should be used for it, with vectors ultimately winning out
What are quaternions?
Her theorem about conservation and symmetry led the way to breakthroughs in quantum mechanics and relativity
Who is Emmy Noether?
J. Robert Oppenheimer famously recalled the misquoted line “I am become death, destroyer of worlds” during the Trinity test, which originally comes from this piece of Hindu scripture
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
Some science fiction authors claim that the genre is as old as recorded literature itself, saying that this piece of epic literature counts as science fiction
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This former UNC physics professor was convicted in 2012 for drug smuggling in Argentina after being catfished. Searchlight motion pictures currently owns the rights to his story under the title "The Professor, the Bikini Model."
Who is Paul Frampton?