Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: on Albert Einstein
This June, 1954, file picture reveals physicist Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J.
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It was stated to be Einstein’s “annus mirabilis” (yr of miracles). Which yr was that?
In 1905, Einstein wrote 4 papers that modified the way in which we see the universe.
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In 1919, an occasion modified the way in which the world checked out Einstein and made him a celeb in a single day. Name the occasion.
- A volcanic eruption
- A thunderstorm
- A photo voltaic eclipse
- A lunar eclipse
British astronomer Arthur Eddington’s observations on the photo voltaic eclipse of May 1919 proved Einstein proper. EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS, declared the New York Times.
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Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”
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Einstein was supplied a political place in 1952. Name the submit.
- United Nations Secretary-General
- President of Israel
- President of Germany
- U.S. Ambassador to India
Following the demise of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, in 1952, the Israeli authorities, headed by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, supplied the presidency to Einstein. But he declined.
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Einstein additionally labored on a principle that he by no means was in a position to publish. Name it.
- String principle
- Big Crunch principle
- Chaos principle
- Grand unified principle
American science author Tim Folger wrote: “For nearly 30 years he had pursued a quixotic goal: the creation of a unified field theory to describe all the forces of nature and to demystify the quantum world”
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