Chaos: Making a New Science Quiz

James Gleick

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who along with Heinz-Otto Peitgen studied phase transitions, nonmagnetization and magnetization in materials and their picture of those boundaries showed the complex beauty that began to seem to natural? (from chapters 7-8)

Kadanoff.

Richter.

Feigenbaum.

Mandelbrot.

2.

What mathematical term refers to the Euclidean plane and three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry, as well as the generalizations of these notions to higher dimensions? (from Chapters 5-6)

Boundary layer.

Cantor dust.

Euclidean space.

Gradient.

3.

What is a lossy compression method for digital images based on fractals? (from chapters 7-8)

Fractal compression.

Period doubling bifurcation.

Cosmic arrhythmias.

Information theory.

4.

According to Gleick, Albert Libchaber had a similar background to who, living as a refugee during World War II? (from chapters 7-8)

Albert Libchaber.

Leo Kadanoff.

Benoit Mandelbrot.

Michael Barnsley.

5.

Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.? (from chapters 7-8)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Johns Hopkins University.

The University of Paris.

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