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Science quiz: Sci-five
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Recently, an Indian physicist was chosen to be awarded the Boltzmann medal – the top honour in statistical physics. Who is he?
- Sriram Ramaswamy
- Deepak Dhar
- Mustansir Barma
- None of the above
Deepak Dhar, who is now at IISER Pune. This is the first time an Indian is being chosen for this award which consists of a gilded medal with an inscription of Ludwig Boltzmann on one side.
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Which of the following areas is one in which Ludwig Boltzmann made a major contribution?
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Spin glasses
- Kinetic theory of gases
- Photoelectric effect
Kinetic theory of gases – He used the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to describe the speeds of molecules in gases.
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James Clerk Maxwell, the Scottish physicist is, arguably, most famous for writing down the so-called Maxwell’s equations. What phenomena do these equations present a unified picture of?
- Heat and thermodynamics
- Electricity and magnetism
- Work and energy
- Strong and weak nuclear forces
Electricity and magnetism. The four equations written down by him show that electricity and magnetism, both are different manifestations of the same phenomena.
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This biologist who shares his name with a famous 19th century mathematician is considered one of the most important evolutionary theorists of the 20th century. Who among the following are we talking about?
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Charles Darwin
- W. D. Hamilton
- F.W. Herschel
William Donald Hamilton, who shares his name with William Rowan Hamilton, iris mathematician of the nineteenth century, was famous for his theory that there is a genetic basis to altruism.
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J.B.S. Haldane, British scientist known for his work in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology and mathematics, was born in 1892. Which of the following statements about him is false?
- Renouncing British citizenship, he became an Indian
- He worked at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata
- He worked at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
- He was a professed atheist
He did not work at the IACS, Kolkata but at the Indian Statistical Institute.
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