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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the middle of the 20th Century, Hendrik Casmir and what other Dutch physicist proposed the existence of a force between two polarizable atoms?
(a) Dirk Polder.
(b) Peter Mitchell.
(c) Andrew Miller.
(d) James Washington.

2. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?
(a) 410-500 AD.
(b) 780-850 AD.
(c) 159-201 AD.
(d) 240-200 BC.

3. The Rayleigh–Jeans law revealed an important error in physics theory of its time. The law predicted an energy output that diverges towards infinity as wavelength approaches what?
(a) One.
(b) Pi.
(c) Zero.
(d) The sun.

4. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Omnitheism.
(d) Atertheism.

5. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?
(a) The 2nd to 6th centuries.
(b) The 9th to 13th centuries.
(c) The 12th to 17th centuries.
(d) The 5th to 7th centuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quantum mechanics eliminated zero in classical thermodynamics by removing what, according to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros”?

2. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?

3. Absolute zero has no energy and is unattainable for what reason?

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?

5. The Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy was an argument between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over what?

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