Renaissance Mathematics and Physics
Description: This quiz assesses your knowledge of the significant advancements and discoveries made in mathematics and physics during the Renaissance period. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: renaissance mathematics physics history of science |
Who is widely regarded as the father of modern mathematics?
Which Italian mathematician and astronomer developed the heliocentric model of the universe?
Who formulated the three laws of motion and universal gravitation?
Which Italian physicist and astronomer conducted experiments that supported the heliocentric model and challenged Aristotelian physics?
Who discovered the laws of planetary motion and formulated the three laws of planetary motion?
Which Italian mathematician and physicist developed the concept of logarithms?
Who developed the method of analytic geometry, which linked algebra and geometry?
Which Italian mathematician and physicist developed the theory of probability?
Who formulated the law of conservation of mass, stating that mass cannot be created or destroyed?
Which Italian mathematician and physicist developed the concept of the center of gravity?
Who developed the concept of the inclined plane and its mechanical advantage?
Which Italian mathematician and physicist developed the concept of the lever and its mechanical advantage?
Who developed the concept of the pulley and its mechanical advantage?
Which Italian mathematician and physicist developed the concept of the screw and its mechanical advantage?
Who developed the concept of the wedge and its mechanical advantage?