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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Michael Barnsley's book SuperFractals published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1998.

3. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Economics.
(c) Physiology.
(d) Chaos theory.

4. In mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?
(a) Linear system.
(b) Thermolinear system.
(c) Hyperlinear system.
(d) Nonlinear system.

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

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. What work by Edward Lorenz greatly impacted the thinking of James Yorke, as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

3. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

4. Where is Stephen Smale from?

5. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's mother?

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