History of Science Trivia Questions
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Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Anatomy' and was a 16th-century professor at the University of Padua?
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andreas vesalius
Who discovered that different gases at equal volumes, temperatures, and pressures have an equal number of molecules?
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amedeo avogadro
Who was the naturalist that helped found the Swedish Academy of Science around 1740?
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carl linnaeus
Which scientist called oxygen 'dephlogisticated air' when he discovered it?
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joseph priestley
Who formulated the first law of planetary motion stating that planets' orbits are ellipses with the sun at one focus?
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johannes kepler
Which 18th century French chemist named the element oxygen after its discovery by Joseph Priestley?
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antoine lavoisier
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