PHYSICS - History

By Vijaya Khandurie


1. Who was the first philosopher to suggest that matter could neither be created or destroyed?

   Democritus

   Parmenides

   Empedocles

   Pythagoras

2. Who, in 1231 was the first to describe the science of optics?

   Willebrord Snell

   Giambattsia Della Porta

   Robert Grosseteste

   John Pechan

3. Befor 1729 the subject of Physics was known as?

   Science

   Physical Science

   Natural Science

   Natural Philosophy

4. Which philosopher said that the material world was composed of four basic elements namely - air , water, fire, and earth?

   Empedocles

   Heraclitus

   Plato

   Anaximander

5. Which philosopher gave the idea for the first time that all matter was made up of minute invisible paticles called atoms?

   Lucretius

   Epicurus

   Leucippus

   Democritius

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