View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Predicting the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That molecules have a spin property.
(b) That gamma rays have a spin property.
(c) That particles had a spin property.
(d) That strings have a spin property.

2. What can Einstein's General Relativity be combined with?
(a) Atomic philosophy.
(b) Molecular geology.
(c) Quantum biology.
(d) Multiple histories.

3. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
(a) Space-time became understood as a passive feature.
(b) Space-time became irrelevant.
(c) Space-time became understood as a dynamic feature.
(d) No one's idea of space-time was changed.

4. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A geometrical unit.
(c) A surface.
(d) A wall.

5. What do string theories most notably lack?
(a) Proofs.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Infinities.
(d) Dimensions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?

2. What does Hawking resist believing in?

3. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?

4. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?

5. What does Hawking think is beneficial concerning matter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 205 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample