Science and Technology

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Which of the following is known for their contributions to thermodynamics and for correctly calculating the value of absolute zero?

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Which of the following is famous for publishing the book Principia Mathematica and for discovering classical mechanics?

3

____________ current was invented by ______________, who moved to America to work with _______________.

4

Which of the following discovered the double-helix structure of DNA?

5

Which of the following was a codebreaker during World War II, a renowned mathematician, and is widely considered to be one of the founders of modern computer science?

6

Which of the following was the inventor and painter famous for their illustration of the Vitruvian Man?

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Which of the following scientists is most closely associated with the development of the heliocentric model of Earth's solar system?

8

Which of the following famously proposed the theory of evolution by means of natural selection?

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The process of destroying bacteria in liquids by heating them was discovered by which of the following people?

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The smallpox vaccine - the first successful vaccine to be developed - was introduced by which of the following in 1796?

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