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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what institution did Albert Libchaber earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The University of Bonn.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.

2. What is a concept in mathematics where a fixed rule describes the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space?
(a) Oscillation.
(b) Dynamical system.
(c) Boundary layer.
(d) Pattern formation.

3. 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) Butterfly effect.
(b) Physics.
(c) Biology.
(d) The Navier-Stokes equation.

4. In what year did Benoit Mandelbrot recognize the ghost of an idea when he spotted a diagram charted out on the blackboard in Hendrik Houthakker's office?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1954.

5. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Theoretical physics.
(c) Fluid dynamics.
(d) Bifurcation theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

2. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?

3. What book did Michael Barnsley publish in 1988?

4. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?

5. Who is attributed with the following quote in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature": "And yet relation appears, a small relation expanding like the shade of a cloud on sand, a shape on the side of the hill"?

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