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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1915.

2. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Lisbon, Portugal.
(c) Milan, Italy.
(d) Reykjavík, Iceland.

3. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will lead to an increased, steady state in the idealized population?
(a) A fraction parameter.
(b) A multiplier parameter.
(c) A higher parameter.
(d) A lower parameter.

4. When was James Yorke born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1949.

5. Where was James Yorke born?
(a) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(b) Plainfield, New Jersey.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Flagstaff, Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert May, like many before him, was confused by the changes when what was increased?

2. What concept originated by Thomas S. Kuhn refers to the routine work of scientists experimenting within a paradigm, slowly accumulating detail in accord with established broad theory and not actually challenging or attempting to test the underlying assumptions of that theory?

3. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?

4. What studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions?

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?

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