5 Scientists Too Smart for Their Time

What was Alfred Wegener's major contribution to geology?

• Invention of the Seismograph

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Discovery of the Earth's Core

Which scientist's work was crucial in discovering the double helix structure of DNA?

• Maurice Wilkins

• Rosalind Franklin

• Francis Crick

• James Watson

What technique did Rosalind Franklin use to study DNA?

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• Mass Spectrometry

• X-ray Crystallography

• Electron Microscopy

James Clerk Maxwell is best known for his work in which field?

• Electromagnetism

• Quantum Mechanics

• Relativity

• Thermodynamics

What did Maxwell's equations demonstrate about light?

• It is a particle

• It is a sound wave

• It is an electromagnetic wave

• It is a wave

Henrietta Swan Levitt's discovery helped astronomers measure what?

• The age of the universe

• The speed of light

• The distance to stars

• The mass of planets

What was the significance of Levitt's Law in astronomy?

• It explained the lifecycle of stars

• It measured the brightness of stars

• It provided a method to calculate stellar distances

• It predicted the existence of black holes

Who is considered the first computer programmer?

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• John von Neumann

What was Ada Lovelace's contribution to computing?

• Inventing the first computer

• Building the first computer network

• Developing the first algorithm

• Creating the first programming language

What did Ada Lovelace envision about machines?

• They could only store data

• They could only process text

• They could manipulate symbols and numbers

• They could only perform calculations