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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.
(a) Incorrigible.
(b) Incommensurable.
(c) Indistinguishable.
(d) Incomprehensible.

2. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Chaos theory.
(c) Momentum diffusion.
(d) Laminar flow.

3. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) Stanislaw Ulam.
(b) Harvey J. Gold.
(c) Enrico Fermi.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

4. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1983.

5. What is a lossy compression method for digital images based on fractals?
(a) Period doubling bifurcation.
(b) Fractal compression.
(c) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(d) Information theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?

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

3. In fluid dynamics, what condition for viscous fluids states that at a solid boundary, the fluid will have zero velocity relative to the boundary?

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?

5. In control theory, a system is _____ if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.

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