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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," Gleick writes, "In the emergence of chaos as a new science in the 1970s, _____ were destined to play a special role."
(a) Paleontologists.
(b) Geologists.
(c) Ecologists.
(d) Botanists.

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

3. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?
(a) Algorithm model.
(b) Computer model.
(c) Mathematical model.
(d) Fraction model.

4. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Prague.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) London.

5. 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 lower parameter.
(b) A fraction parameter.
(c) A multiplier parameter.
(d) A higher parameter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what company had Benoit Mandelbrot been working in economics, studying distribution of various incomes in the economy when he was invited by Houthakker to speak at Harvard?

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

4. When was Robert May born?

5. James Yorke is credited with creating what term in reference to science?

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