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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Albert Libchaber graduated with a bachelor degree in mathematics from what institution?

2. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?

3. In fluid dynamics, what condition for viscous fluids states that at a solid boundary, the fluid will have zero velocity relative to the boundary?

4. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to study turbulence in fluids?

5. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Taylor vortex flow and when does it emerge?

2. What interests in art and culture are described of Mitchell Feigenbaum in Chapter 6, "Universality"?

3. What did Mitchell Feigenbaum determine needed to happen in Chapter 6, "Universality"? Where was he working?

4. How did Barnsley's approach differ from that of Richter and Peitgen in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

5. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?

6. How is the Taylor-Couette flow defined?

7. Who is Michael Barnsley? How is his early career described in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

8. Whose results did Albert Libchaber inadvertently recreate in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?

9. To whom does the author compare the background of Albert Libchaber in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"? When was Albert Libchaber born?

10. Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? For what great work is he most well known?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Cantor set and the Noah and Joseph Effects. What is Cantor Dust and how was it discovered?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss turbulence and the problems its discovery created for scientists and physicists. How is turbulence dealt with today by science?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the early life of Benoit Mandelbrot and Mandelbrot's work as a mathematician. How did WWII affect the education Mandelbrot received?

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