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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 Chicago.
(c) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.
(d) The University of Bonn.

2. In fluid dynamics, what consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders?
(a) Turbulent flow.
(b) Laminar flow.
(c) Bifurcation cascade.
(d) The Taylor-Couette flow.

3. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Poincare conjecture.
(b) Theoretical physics.
(c) Fluid dynamics.
(d) Fractal basin boundaries.

4. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

5. When did Mitchell Feigenbaum meet Michael Barnsley at a conference in Corsica?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Albert Libchaber join the faculty at The Rockefeller University?

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

3. What refers to a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole?

4. In vector calculus, what refers to a vector field that points in the direction of the greatest rate of increase of the scalar field, and whose magnitude is the greatest rate of change?

5. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

(see the answer key)

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