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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1959.

3. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?
(a) Fraction model.
(b) Algorithm model.
(c) Computer model.
(d) Mathematical model.

4. Where is Stephen Smale from?
(a) Flint, Michigan.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Fargo, North Dakota.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

5. In control theory, a system is _____ if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.
(a) Unstable.
(b) Unchanging.
(c) Changing.
(d) Stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?

3. What is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language?

4. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?

5. Where was Robert May born?

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