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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 Edward Lorenz born?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(d) West Hartford, Connecticut.

2. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Loyola University.

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 Mathematics.
(b) Royal Information Systems.
(c) Royal McBee.
(d) Royal Computing.

4. When was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1917.

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) Speak the same language.
(b) Follow the same rules.
(c) Report to work at the same time.
(d) Use the same equipment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.

2. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?

3. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's mother?

4. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

5. 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?

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