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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?
(a) Richard Feynman.
(b) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(c) Stephen Spender.
(d) James Gleick.
2. What is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Theoretical physics.
(d) Bifurcation theory.
3. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Yorktown Heights, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
4. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1915.
5. One of the implications of what theorem is that if a continuous discrete dynamical system on the real line has a periodic point of period 3, then it must have periodic points of every other period?
(a) Sharkovskii's theorem.
(b) Stevenson's theorem.
(c) Stronghorn's theorem.
(d) Skawinski's theorem.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was James Yorke born?
2. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
3. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?
4. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?
5. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will lead to an increased, steady state in the idealized population?
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