1. 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?
(a) Fractal.
(b) Revolutions.
(c) Oscillation.
(d) Gradient.

2. When was Steven Smale born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1930.

3. In mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?
(a) Linear system.
(b) Thermolinear system.
(c) Hyperlinear system.
(d) Nonlinear system.

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

5. What does Gleick assert was the inspiration for Archimedes in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) A boulder.
(b) A snail.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what company had Benoit Mandelbrot been working in economics, studying distribution of various incomes in the economy when he was invited by Houthakker to speak at Harvard?

2. What refers to a computer program or network of computers that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system?

3. When was Harry L. Swinney born?

4. What is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere?

5. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?

(see the answer key)

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