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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1877.

2. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) Stanislaw Ulam.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) James Yorke.
(d) Enrico Fermi.

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

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

5. What is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Fractal compression.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Physiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What paper did James Yorke publish in 1975 concerning chaos?

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

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

4. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

5. 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" _______________?

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