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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert May, like many before him, was confused by the changes when what was increased?
(a) Laminar flow.
(b) Gradient.
(c) A parameter.
(d) Energy.

2. In control theory, a system is _____ if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.
(a) Unstable.
(b) Unchanging.
(c) Stable.
(d) Changing.

3. Albert Libchaber graduated with a bachelor degree in mathematics from what institution?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Johns Hopkins University.
(c) The University of Paris.
(d) The University of Chicago.

4. Where was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) West Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

5. What is a measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Gradient.
(c) Viscosity.
(d) Cosmic arrhythmias.

Short Answer Questions

1. In physics and fluid mechanics, what refers to the layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface where effects of viscosity of the fluid are considered in detail?

2. Robert Stenson Shaw would eventually take his enthusiasm for his studies and form what group?

3. 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?

4. What does Gleick assert was the inspiration for Archimedes in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

5. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

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