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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 Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska.
(b) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(c) Anchorage, Alaska.
(d) Spearfish, South Dakota.

2. In what year did Benoit Mandelbrot recognize the ghost of an idea when he spotted a diagram charted out on the blackboard in Hendrik Houthakker's office?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1957.

3. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?
(a) Huntsville, Alabama.
(b) Hot Springs, Arkansas.
(c) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(d) Silver Spring, Maryland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?

2. 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"?

3. 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.

4. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?

5. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

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