History of Science and Technology
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1. The ancient invention of paper, as we know it today, is traditionally credited to which civilization?
2. Which scientist is famously associated with the discovery that gravity is a universal force, after an apple fell from a tree?
3. The development of the first successful polio vaccine is credited to which scientist?
4. The 'Printing Press' with movable type, which revolutionized the spread of information in Europe, was invented by whom?
5. The 'Scientific Revolution' is a historical period roughly spanning the 16th and 17th centuries. Which of these concepts was central to its new way of thinking?
6. The first person to observe the moons of Jupiter, providing strong evidence against the geocentric model, was which astronomer?
7. The 'Antikythera Mechanism', discovered in an ancient shipwreck, is an early example of what?
8. The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently proposed by Charles Darwin and which other naturalist?
9. The invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), which revolutionized information access, is credited to whom?
10. The discovery of the structure of DNA, the double helix, was made by Watson and Crick using data from which key scientist?
11. The first person to successfully transmit a radio signal, laying the groundwork for wireless communication, was whom?
12. The first human-made object to orbit the Earth was which satellite?
13. Who is credited with inventing the first practical and commercially successful light bulb?
14. Which ancient Greek mathematician is known as the 'Father of Geometry' and for his work 'Elements'?
15. The first major vaccine for a disease, developed by Edward Jenner in the late 18th century, was for what?
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