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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?
(a) Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
(b) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(c) Yorktown Heights, New York.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

2. What is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy?
(a) Biology.
(b) Physics.
(c) The Navier-Stokes equation.
(d) Butterfly effect.

3. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1912.

4. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?
(a) Clothing wholesaler.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Math teacher.
(d) Butcher.

5. When was Robert May born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a change in the basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science?

2. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.

3. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.

4. Where was Thomas S. Kuhn born?

5. What mathematical theorem states that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere?

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