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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Albert Libchaber born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1916.

2. In fluid dynamics, what consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders?
(a) The Taylor-Couette flow.
(b) Bifurcation cascade.
(c) Turbulent flow.
(d) Laminar flow.

3. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Fluid dynamics.
(b) Poincare conjecture.
(c) Fractal basin boundaries.
(d) Theoretical physics.

4. Albert Libchaber made the first experimental observation of the _____ that leads to chaos and turbulence in convective Rayleigh-Benard systems.
(a) Fractal basin boundaries.
(b) Bifurcation cascade.
(c) Poincare conjecture.
(d) No-slip condition.

5. When did Albert Libchaber win the Wolf Prize in Physics?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect" as saying "Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?"

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

3. What mathematical term refers to the Euclidean plane and three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry, as well as the generalizations of these notions to higher dimensions?

4. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?

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

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