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

Multiple Choice Questions

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. Navy.
(b) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(c) The U.S. Coast Guard.
(d) The Interior Department.

2. What refers to a change in the basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Fractal basin boundaries.
(c) Gradient.
(d) Paradigm shift.

3. 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"?
(a) Ink blots.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Nature photographs.
(d) Postage stamps.

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

5. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A rebel.
(d) A monk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?

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

4. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?

5. When was Edward Lorenz born?

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