2. Question 2 Consider Bob on Earth. At time t = 0, Alice flies by in her spaceship at constant velocity, heading to the right. Which diagram represents Bob’s world…
8. Question 8 According to Einstein, what aspect of science is “just as subjectively, psychologically conditioned as are all other human endeavors”? 1 point Science as something coming into…
7. Question 7 What was one of Einstein’s complaints about the physics teaching of Professor Heinrich Weber at the Swiss Polytechnic? 1 point Weber’s accent was hard to understand….
5. Question 5 What was mentioned in one of the lecture videos as a surprising source for gaining insight into how the British and French had different styles of doing…
2. Question 2 What is Brownian motion? 1 point The random, zigzagging motion of small particles (such as dust or pollen particles) in water or another fluid. The motion…
4. Question 4 What happened to Lieserl, the child of Albert and Mileva? 1 point After being born in Serbia, she came to live with Albert and Mileva in…
6. Question 6 Which of the 1905 papers gave the first good theoretical proof for the existence of atoms (and was soon confirmed by experiment)? 1 point The March…
1. Question 1 “Electromagnetic induction” refers to the phenomenon of: 1 point Using mechanical models to portray how electromagnetism works. How electric current traveling through a wire can induce…
7. Question 7 The primary purpose of Einstein’s education at the Swiss Polytechnic was to prepare him for what kind of career? 1 point Teaching physics in a secondary…
4. Question 4 What was the goal of the Michelson-Morley experiment? 1 point To demonstrate the commercial feasibility of incandescent lighting. To detect the influence of an “ether wind”…
