The history of science is one of the most important areas of study for us to know and understand. When we talk about history in classrooms and in documentaries, a lot of the conversation centers around war and political conflict. The history of science, however, represents some of the truly greatest moments in human history.
Science history is where we have cured diseases, researched and invented new things, and improved the overall human experience. In almost every other area of history we speak of human suffering and tragic events but not when it comes to science.
The physicists, chemists, biologists, and thinkers involved in the scientific advancements of mankind are some of the greatest human beings who have ever lived and we celebrate them in this quiz. Only the brightest minds in the world are able to master this quiz. If you are able to get at least 10 of 15 questions correct on this quiz then clearly you are super smart.
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If You Can Get 10 on This Science History Quiz Then You're Super Smart Questions
Which scientist changed how we see the evolution of species with his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species"?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Aristotle
Charles Darwin
Which Belgian Catholic priest first postulated the Big Bang Theory?
Charles Babbage
Georges Lemaître
Nikola Tesla
Louis Pasteur
Which Scottish-born American inventor was the first to patent the telephone?
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney
Steve Jobs
Alexander Graham Bell
What person is credited with having invented electricity in 1752 after conducting an experiment flying a kite during a storm?
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Which French virologist is credited with being the first to discover the HIV virus in 1983?
Samuel Morse
Louis Pasteur
Tim Berners-Lee
Luc Antoine Montagnier
Who was the first person to claim the world is round?
Aristotle
Thomas Edison
Charles Darwin
Pythagoras
Who is credited with having developed a vaccine for smallpox?
Marie Curie
Rene Laennec
Edward Jenner
Phillip Drinker
Who discovered that the weight of an object does not determine how fast it will fall?
Stephen Hawking
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who was the first to market the light bulb commercially and is often credited with its invention?
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Hiram Maxim
Alexander Graham Bell
What physicist has argued that the theory of time travel violates the laws of physics and is therefore impossible?
Stephen Hawking
Bill Nye
John Locke
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Who first put forward the idea that the Sun is the center of our universe?
Aristotle
Leonardo Da Vinci
Albert Einstein
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who discovered gravity after famously watching an apple fall from a tree?
Albert Einstein
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
Who is credited with coming up with the idea for the internet when he published a paper titled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" in 1961?
Tim Berners-Lee
Leonard Kleinrock
Mark Zuckerberg
Al Gore
Who is often credited with having built the world's first programmable robot when he developed Unimate in 1954?
George Devol
Alan Turing
Bill Gates
George Jetson
The Roslin Institute famously cloned a sheep in 1996. The sheep only lived 6 years, however. What was the sheep named?
Molly
Dolly
Mary
Cloney
Bill
4 Comments
7 / 15 46%
12/15
No one one invented electricity, it was discovered, then created.
15/15 great work!!!