LGBTQ+ STEM History
Name of person who cracked the Enigma code
Who is Alan Turning?
Particle with a negative charge
What is electron?
Studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell
Who is Pavlov?
This flows through wires
What is current/electricity?
Solve for x:
0.5x + 2 = 2x - 4
What is x=4?
The first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is Conservation of Energy?
Invented the Hierarchy of Needs
Who is Maslow?
This branch of engineering designs, develops and tests aircraft and spacecraft
What is Aerospace Engineering?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
What is Pythagorean Theorem?
Invented ARM processor and the first computer sold by British technology company.
Who is Sophie Wilson?
This stands for "c" in the "E=mc^2" equation
What is Speed of Light?
This region of the brain that is important in motor control, latin for "little brain"
What is the cerebellum?
What is semiconductor?
Square root of -1
What is i?
A field of medicine that Florence Nightingale was a founder for.
What is modern nursing?
This type of radiation involves free electrons and/or positrons
What is Beta Radiation?
Term used when a boy develops an unconscious infatuation towards his mother, and simultaneously fears his father to be a rival.
What is the Oedipus complex
Ratio of applied stress to the body's change in shape
What is Modulus of Elasticity (AKA Young's Modulus?)
Probability of choosing a red or a face card out of a standard 52-card deck
What is 32/52?
Who revolutionized the agricultural economy of the American South through pioneering crop rotation?
Who is George Washington Carver
This law states that the EMF inside a conductor depends on the change of the magnetic flux going through it
What is Faraday's Law?
A social experiment in which participants were placed in a simulation to study authority and powerlessness in a prison environment.
What is the Stanford Prison experiment?
This field in Biomedical Engineering develops solutions and devices to assist individuals with disabilities
What is Rehabilitation Engineering?
d/dx (cos(x))
What is -sin(x)?