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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1955.

2. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Chaos theory.
(c) Laminar flow.
(d) Momentum diffusion.

3. What was Edward Spiegel's specialty, discussed in Chapter 9, "The Dynamical Systems Collective"?
(a) "Meteorological forecasting."
(b) "Cosmic arrhythmias."
(c) "String theory."
(d) "Black holes."

4. What is the atomic number of helium?
(a) 21.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 14.

5. What is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications?
(a) Software metric.
(b) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(c) Software visualization.
(d) Fractal compression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington, and founded in 1972?

2. What paper did James Yorke publish in 1975 concerning chaos?

3. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

4. What mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness was the focus of Huberman's most recent studies in Chapter 10, "Inner Rhythms"?

5. What is a measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress?

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