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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value or between two or more different states?
(a) Oscillation.
(b) Physics.
(c) Revolutions.
(d) Theoretical physics.

2. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.
(a) Paradigm.
(b) Parameter.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Divisor.

3. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?
(a) Jean Racine.
(b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
(c) Gustav Mahler.
(d) Harry Swinney.

4. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?
(a) The University of Bonn.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.

5. When did Albert Libchaber join the faculty at The Rockefeller University?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness was the focus of Huberman's most recent studies in Chapter 10, "Inner Rhythms"?

2. Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.?

3. An attractor is informally described as what if it has non-integer dimension?

4. What exists when a reversible reaction ceases to change its ratio of reactants/products, but substances move between the chemicals at an equal rate, meaning there is no net change?

5. What is the most abundant element in the universe?

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