Engineering Wonders
The Eiffel Tower is primarily made of this metal.
iron
This scientist discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes
Marie Curie
The "father of computers," Charles Babbage, designed this early computing machine
Analytical Engine
The Riemann Hypothesis is one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics, concerning the distribution of these numbers.
prime numbers
This is the practice of giving weakened or dead microbes to protect against disease.
vaccination
This bridge, located in San Francisco, is one of the most famous suspension bridges in the world.
Golden Gate Bridge
She was the first American woman in space.
Sally Ride
Wi-Fi signals operate using these two frequency bands
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Euler’s identity, often called the most beautiful equation in mathematics, is written as this.
ei(pi)+1=0
The organ that can be transplanted from a living donor
kidney
In engineering, CAD software is used for this purpose
Computer-aided design
This mathematician’s calculations were crucial to NASA’s early space missions.
Katherine Johnson
This AI model, developed by OpenAI, can generate human-like text based on input.
ChatGPT
In graph theory, Euler’s formula states that for a connected planar graph, the number of vertices minus the number of edges plus the number of faces always equals this.
2
The scientist who discovered penicillin.
Alexander Fleming
The Hoover Dam generates electricity using this renewable energy source
hydroelectric power
The first computer programmer, she worked on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace
This programming language, created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum, is known for its readability.
Python
The Fourier Transform is used to decompose a function into these component parts.
sinusoidal waves
The procedure used to correct vision using lasers
LASIK
This spacecraft, launched in 1969, carried the first astronauts to the Moon.
Apollo 11
This scientist's work with DNA led to the discovery of its double-helix structure, but she was not credited.
Rosalind Franklin
The Turing Test, created by Alan Turing, is used to determine if a machine can do this
exhibit human-like intelligence
The Navier-Stokes equations describe the motion of these substances and remain an unsolved problem in mathematical physics.
fluids
The name of the first artificial heart successfully implanted in a human
Jarvik-7