Astronomy
What is Io or Europa or Ganymede or Callisto?
Temperature scale where absolute zero is set to zero
What is the Kelvin scale?
A type of differential equation that only involves first derivatives
What is a first order differential equation?
This Danish scientist explained the hydrogen spectrum
What is Burlington, VT?
The Chandrasekhar limit in solar masses
How many solar masses are 1.4 solar masses?
The fundamental SI unit for luminous intensity
What is the candela?
A name for a square matric that equals its transpose
What is a symmetric matrix?
This French scientist discovered the force between static electric charges
Who is Charles-Augustin de Coulomb?
A physics paradox that asks what would happen if you went back in time and killed your ancestors
What is the grandfather paradox?
The name of the first exoplanet discovered around a sun-like star?
What is 51 Pegasi B?
The name of the experiment that disproved the existence of the luminiferous aether
The divergence of curl in any vector field?
What is 0?
German mathematician who created a theorem that states that every continuous symmetry of the action of a physical system with conservative forces has a corresponding conservation law.
Who is Emmy Noether?
Beloved scientist who said, "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, first you must create the universe"
Who is Carl Sagan?
The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
What is Sagittarius A*?
A model that describes a particle confined between two infinite potential barriers?
What is the infinite square well?
In abstract algebra, a group in which every element is its own inverse
This French scientist theorized the existence of matter waves
Who is Louis de Broglie?
Marty McFly used this vehicle, powered by a flux capacitor, to travel through time.
What is a DeLorean?
A space telescope was launched in 2003 to observe in the infrared and help identify early galaxies and exoplanets
What is the Spitzer Space Telescope?
The product of the refractive index and the physical path length, n⋅L
What is optical path length?
The theorem relates the surface integral of a vector field to the volume integral of its divergence
This British scientist discovered the existence of the electron
Who is JJ Thomson?
The sport that beloved professor Vesal Dini played in high school before his parents forced him to play piano