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In what country was Einstein born?
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Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier was an amateur chemist who was very
concerned with accuracy. He set up an elaborate apparatus to
measure where every part of the mass involved in a chemical
reaction would end up. His results showed that when a piece of
metal rusts, it weighs (a) LESS, (b) MORE, or (c) THE SAME
afterward as it did before?
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Lavoisier was also a tax collector. Unfortunately, his obsession
with accuracy led him to rebuild a 6-foot wall surrounding the
city of Paris to facilitate tax collection. Naturally, he was
quite unpopular as a result. A few years later, during the
French Revolution, Lavoisier was executed, as was this reigning
queen:
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The couple that works together, stays together.
(a) What husband and wife duo investigated radioactivity and
discovered the element radium?
(b) What husband and wife team performed together in such
productions as
Raisin in the Sun, Purlie Victorious, and
Do the Right Thing?
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The equals in E = mc2 represents what
Einstein realized: energy and mass are not distinct, but
different forms of the same thing, and each can be converted
into the other. If converted entirely to energy, a lump of coal
weighing 2.2 pounds could power a 100-watt light bulb for about
how long?
- 67 hours
- 30 years
- 29 million years
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Just as mass can become energy, energy can become mass. When a
space shuttle travels at its top speed, the energy of motion
adds to its mass. The amount of gain is roughly comparable to:
- a flea
- a cantaloupe
- a bowling ball
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From his equation, Einstein also understood the potential for
creating a highly destructive bomb. To which U.S. President did
Einstein write a letter warning of a possible Nazi nuclear
threat?
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Who played Einstein in the 1994 movie I.Q. with Meg Ryan
and Tim Robbins?
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Light can travel from Earth to the moon in 1.28 seconds. How
fast is this (in kilometers per second or miles per second)?
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What nation once invited Einstein to be its president?
