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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?
(a) "Physical Review Letters".
(b) "Fractals Everywhere".
(c) "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow".
(d) "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions".

2. What does Gleick assert was the inspiration for Archimedes in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) A boulder.
(b) A bathtub.
(c) A tree.
(d) A snail.

3. What controversial book did Thomas S. Kuhn publish in 1962?
(a) Physical Review Letters.
(b) Period Three Implies Chaos.
(c) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
(d) Fractals Everywhere.

4. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?
(a) The digital computer and television.
(b) The television and automobile.
(c) The automobile and space stellite.
(d) The space satellite and digital computer.

5. 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) Physics.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Fluid dynamics.
(d) Physiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," the author writes, "Professional scientists, given brief, uncertain glimpses of nature's workings, are no less vulnerable to anguish and confusion when they come face to face with" _______________?

2. What is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy?

3. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

4. When was Edward Lorenz born?

5. What, according to the author, are created out of things that have come to an end?

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