Women in Space and Medicine Quiz

<p>Hero of the Soviet Union (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Director of the Soviet Women's Committee (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1986 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Good vision should be a fundamental human right. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ophthalmology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quantum particle-antiparticle creation near a black hole (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He developed a method for mapping space-time around black holes. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It leads to black hole evaporation. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quantum mechanics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It faced significant skepticism and rejection. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It stayed on the Sunday Times bestseller list for 237 weeks. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A unified theory of everything (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Severe physical disabilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1967 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roger Penrose (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wrote his PhD thesis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They emit heat and eventually evaporate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1985 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It suggested the Universe started from a singularity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1979 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>X-ray binaries near star-forming regions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were from extraterrestrial intelligences. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dame Commander of the British Empire. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of twinkling quasars. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It characterizes rapidly rotating neutron stars. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antony Hewish. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The genetic encoding of human T-cell receptors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1988 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identified a chemical to block its fuel supply (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They have a unique genetic sequence and origin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was the son of a wealthy silk trader (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space in 1963.

The spacecraft that carried Valentina Tereshkova into space in 1963.

A competition between the US and USSR to achieve space dominance.

Valentina's experience as a parachutist aided her return to Earth from space.

A high honor awarded to Valentina Tereshkova for her space achievements.

Ophthalmologist, inventor, and laser scientist

Patricia Bath was the first woman to become an ophthalmologist at UCLA's eye institute.

Patricia Bath invented this device for eye surgery in 1986, gaining a patent for it.

Focuses on bringing sight-saving care to underserved areas globally.

Patricia Bath emphasized that everyone deserves access to good vision.

Stephen Hawking focused on quantum mechanics, which studies the infinitely small, to help create a theory of everything explaining the universe.

A single theory combining all known forces of nature to explain the universe's workings.

A prestigious position held by Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University, known for its association with famous mathematicians.

A popular science book written by Stephen Hawking that made him famous and sold millions of copies.

Major award recognizing achievements in fundamental physics, worth $3 million.

Radiation emitted by a black hole due to quantum effects near its event horizon. It occurs when a virtual particle-antiparticle pair is created near the event horizon, one falls into the black hole, and the other escapes as radiation.

The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape. It's like a point of no return for anything that falls into the black hole.

The slow process of a black hole losing mass and energy due to Hawking radiation. This eventually leads to the black hole's complete disappearance.

A graphical representation of spacetime regions around a black hole. It shows how gravity affects objects approaching the black hole and helps visualize the space-time curvature.

A point of infinite density and curvature in spacetime. It's believed to exist at the center of a black hole, where all matter is compressed.

A region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. It is formed when a massive star collapses at the end of its life.

Stephen Hawking believed that understanding black holes could provide insights into the early Universe's origins, especially the singularity that is thought to have existed before the Big Bang.

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that progressively weakens muscles and impairs motor function.

Despite losing his ability to speak due to ALS, Stephen Hawking used a speech synthesizer controlled by his facial muscles to communicate.

A prestigious chair of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by renowned mathematicians like Sir Isaac Newton.

Hawking achieved cultural stardom through his popular science writing, particularly A Brief History of Time, which made complex scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience.

Pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation. This beam sweeps across the sky like a lighthouse, creating a detectable pulse as it crosses our line of sight.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, while completing her PhD in 1967, discovered pulsars while using a radio telescope array. She detected consistent, rapidly pulsing radio signals, initially thought to be from extraterrestrial sources, leading to the discovery of pulsars.

The discovery of pulsars significantly advanced the field of astrophysics. Their ability to act as precise clocks and their role in understanding neutron stars and the evolution of stars have been highly influential.

This was the initial working title for the pulsar signals Jocelyn Bell Burnell detected, derived from the phrase 'Little Green Men'. This humorous name reflects the initial thought that the signals were from extraterrestrial life.

This is a high honor Jocelyn Bell Burnell was awarded in 2007 for her extraordinary contributions to astronomy, recognizing her discovery of pulsars and her lasting impact on the field.

Special proteins on the surface of T-cells that recognize and bind to antigens, triggering an immune response.

The specific DNA sequence that determines the structure and function of T-cell receptors, contributing to their diversity and ability to recognize various antigens.

Tak Wah Mak discovered a chemical that blocks the fuel supply of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer affecting the lymph nodes.

Tak Wah Mak studied how the immune system interacts with cancer cells, aiming to understand and treat cancer.

Tak Wah Mak used techniques like gene sequencing and genetic engineering to study the immune system and cancer.