Question

Match the correct name in Column I to the scientific discovery or cultural achievement in Column II. 1. Miguel de Cervantes.2. Copernicus.3. Sir Isaac Newton.4. John Locke.5. Voltaire.6. Diderot.7. Marie Curie.8. Thomas Edison.9. Alexander Graham Bell.10. Mary Wollstonecraft.1. French author who was imprisoned in the Bastille for writing about injustices committed by French government.2. wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; daughter wrote Frankenstein.3. devised heliocentric theory stating that Earth, and other planets, revolve around the sun.4. English author who believed people were born with rights to life, liberty, and property.5. discovered radioactivity.6. edited a 28-volume encyclopedia of French writers whose works were based on Enlightenment principles.7. wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha about a man on a medieval adventure8. invented the telephone.9. discovered the laws of gravity.10. invented the light bulb and generator.

Answer 1

Answer:

1). Miguel de Cervantes - 7. wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha about a man on a medieval adventure.

2). Copernicus - 3. devised helio-centric theory stating that Earth, and other planets, revolve around the sun.

3). Sir Isaac Newton - 9. discovered the laws of gravity.

4). John Locke - 4. English author who believed people were born with rights to life, liberty, and property.

5). Voltaire - 1. French author who was imprisoned in the Bas-tille for writing about injustices committed by the French government.

6). Diderot - 6. edited a 28-volume encyclopedia of French writers whose works were based on Enlightenment principles.

7). Marie Curie - 5. discovered radioactivity.

8). Thomas Edison - 10. invented the light bulb and generator.

9). Alexander Graham Bell - 8. invented the telephone.

10). Mary Wollstonecraft - 2. wrote A Vin-dication of the Rights of Woman; daughter wrote Frankenstein.

Explanation:

The given historical legends in the column I have been appropriately matched with their scientific or cultural achievements in Column II as mentioned above.

Miguel de Cervantes was the Spanish writer widely acknowledged for his classic literary work titled 'Don Quixote' which is characterized as a 'founding work of Western Literature.'

Copernicus was the mathematician and astronomer belonging to the renaissance period. He proposed the 'helio-centric theory' which placed the sun at the Universe's center instead of the Earth. He stated the earth along with other planets surround the sun and not the vice versa.

Sir Issac Newton, the legendary physicist, theologian, astronomer, mathematician, scientist, author, and much more. He's known for bringing a revolution in the world of science through his inventions like the 'law of universal gravitation, motion, the discovery of reflecting telescope, calculus, etc.

John Locke was the English philosopher who is known as the "father of Libe-ralism' and one of the most effective thinkers of the Enlightenment era. He propagated the belief that humans are born with the basic rights of right to life, freedom, and property.

Voltaire was a French writer, historian, as well as, philosopher during the Enlightenment period. He critiqued the system of the Roman Catholic church and Christianity in particular to propagate his idea of isolation of state and church which led him under imprisonment in Bastille.

Diderot was the prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment era. He is widely recognized for the encyclopedia of French writers displaying the principles of the enlightenment period comprising of 28 volumes.

Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell are the scientists well know for their discoveries of radioactivity, light bulb, and telephone respectively.

And Mary WollstoneCraft, the feminist author and critique, wrote 'A Vindi-cation to the Rights of Women' which advocated the rights of women and critiqued the inequality and injustices done to women. Her daughter 'Mary Shelley' is acknowledged for scientific fiction 'Frankenstein.'