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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?
(a) Momentum diffusion.
(b) Theoretical physics.
(c) Chaos theory.
(d) Laminar flow.

2. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Poland.
(d) Scotland.

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

4. When did Albert Libchaber join the faculty at The Rockefeller University?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1982.

5. James Yorke realized that one of the largest problems with his work was that mathematicians and physicists were often worlds apart because they did not what?
(a) Use the same equipment.
(b) Speak the same language.
(c) Follow the same rules.
(d) Report to work at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?

2. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," Gleick writes, "In the emergence of chaos as a new science in the 1970s, _____ were destined to play a special role."

3. What is a lossy compression method for digital images based on fractals?

4. Albert Libchaber made the first experimental observation of the _____ that leads to chaos and turbulence in convective Rayleigh-Benard systems.

5. What is defined as a mess of disorder on all scales and is not stable?

(see the answer key)

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