Famous Physicists
Physics Trivia
Important Equations
Astronomy
Physics in Media
100
This famous physicist has his birthday celebrated in many classrooms in schools every year, as mathematicians celebrate Pi day
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
This fundamental particle was discovered in 2011 by CERN, and is sometimes nicknamed "The God Particle".
What is the Higgs Boson?
100
This is the name the following equation.
What is the Theory of Special Relativity?
100
This substance accounts for approximately 85% of the matter in the known universe.
What is Dark Matter?
100
This was Sheldon's main field of study for the first several seasons of The Big Bang Theory.
What is String Theory?
200
This famous physicist was accomplished in safecracking, and even on one occasion assisted the police in cracking a safe at a crime scene.
Who is Richard Feynman?
200
In the acronym Laser, this word completes the name, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
What is Radiation?
200
In the following equation, this is represented by T0
What is ambient temperature?
200
This gravitational theory defines the curvature of space by the relationship of matter to energy and momentum.
What is the General Theory of Relativity?
200
This was the host of the original run for the show Cosmos.
Who is Carl Sagan?
300
This physicist was personally recruited for his current career by Carl Sagan
Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
300
These three derivatives can be seen representing a tasty treat brought to you by Kellogg's.
What is Snap, Crackle, and Pop?
300
One of Maxwell's Equations describing Electromagnetism does not have a name... what is that equation?
What is ?
300
Type II Supernovas leave this object behind
What is a Neutron Star/Black Hole?
300
This award winning film depicted a biopic drama of the Late Stephen Hawking in 2014.
What is Theory of Everything?
400
This famous physicist actually served on Parliament for a brief time, even helping the British Bill of Rights to be passed.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
400
This subatomic particle has its name taken from the James Joyce work "Finnegans Wake"
What is a Quark?
400
In the Schrodinger Equation, , H is known by this name.
What is the Hamiltonian Operator.
400
This moon of Jupiter has approximately 400 active volcanoes
What is Io?
400
Albert Einstein had his biography acted out across the first season of this National Geographic Show.
What is Genius?
500
This famous physicist spent most of his life living in hotels, never owning a permanent home.. with many hotels even evicting him for not paying his bill.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
500
This term is used to describe the relationship between known particles of integer spin and corresponding particles of half-integer spins.
What is Supersymmetry?
500
This is the general solution to the following Differential Equation:
What is ?
500
This star was used in 1920 to first observe gravitational blueshift.
What is Sirius?
500
This was the Nobel Prize winning physicist that assisted in the writing and production of the film Interstellar, to ensure its physical accuracy.
Who is Kip Thorne?