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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Bonn.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.

2. What book did Michael Barnsley publish in 1988?
(a) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
(b) Physical Review Letters.
(c) Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow.
(d) Fractals Everywhere.

3. What is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications?
(a) Software visualization.
(b) Fractal compression.
(c) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(d) Software metric.

4. What company did Michael Barnsley found in 1987?
(a) Iterated Systems Incorporated.
(b) Xerox.
(c) IBM.
(d) The Dynamical Systems Collective.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?

2. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?

3. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

4. In Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature," Houthakker explained to Mandelbrot the diagram in his office represented eight years of what?

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

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