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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Reykjavík, Iceland.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Lisbon, Portugal.
(d) Milan, Italy.
2. What is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Biology.
(c) Meteorology.
(d) Philosophy.
3. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?
(a) Royal Computing.
(b) Royal Mathematics.
(c) Royal McBee.
(d) Royal Information Systems.
4. What did Foucault use as a way to demonstrate the earth's rotation, according to the author in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) A six-foot wide magnifying glass.
(b) A twenty-story high pendulum.
(c) A softball.
(d) A turkey baster.
5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) West Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.
Short Answer Questions
1. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.
2. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will lead to an increased, steady state in the idealized population?
3. What is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations?
4. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?
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"?
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