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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Poland.
(d) Spain.

2. When was J. Doyne Farmer born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1944.

3. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1877.

4. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.
(b) Johns Hopkins University.
(c) The University of Bonn.
(d) The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) West Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In fluid dynamics, what condition for viscous fluids states that at a solid boundary, the fluid will have zero velocity relative to the boundary?

2. For what company had Benoit Mandelbrot been working in economics, studying distribution of various incomes in the economy when he was invited by Houthakker to speak at Harvard?

3. What exists when a reversible reaction ceases to change its ratio of reactants/products, but substances move between the chemicals at an equal rate, meaning there is no net change?

4. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?

5. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 7, "The Experimenter": "It's an experience like no other experience I can describe, the best thing that can happen to a scientist, realizing that something that's happened in his or her mind exactly corresponds to something that happens in nature"?

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