1. The National Weather Service is one of the six scientific agencies that make up what division of the U.S. Government?
(a) The U.S. Coast Guard.
(b) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(c) The U.S. Navy.
(d) The Interior Department.

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?
(a) Psuedoscience.
(b) Science of commonality.
(c) Normal science.
(d) Bland science.

3. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?
(a) Richard Feynman.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(d) James Gleick.

4. What is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force?
(a) Fluid dynamics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Physiology.

5. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?
(a) Berlin, Germany.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) Reading, England.
(d) Paris, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect" as saying "Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?"

2. What were the subjects allowed to glance at one at a time in the experiment from the 1940s described by Gleick in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

3. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?

4. What controversial book did Thomas S. Kuhn publish in 1962?

5. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?

(see the answer key)

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