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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In vector calculus, what refers to a vector field that points in the direction of the greatest rate of increase of the scalar field, and whose magnitude is the greatest rate of change?
(a) Gradient.
(b) Euclidean space.
(c) Cantor dust.
(d) Boundary layer.

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

3. What science deals with the visible, orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns?
(a) Pattern formation.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Theoretical physics.

4. In physics and systems theory, what states that, for all linear systems, the net response at a given place and time caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses which would have been caused by each stimulus individually?
(a) Pattern formation.
(b) Bifurcation theory.
(c) Bifurcation cascade.
(d) The superposition principle.

5. 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?
(a) Euclidean space.
(b) Energy.
(c) Dynamic equilibrium.
(d) Cantor dust.

6. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to study turbulence in fluids?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1977.

7. Who began to call the global construction of fractals "the chaos game" according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) Albert Libchaber.
(b) Leo Kadanoff.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) Michael Barnsley.

8. When was Harry L. Swinney born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1939.

9. How old was Mitchell Feigenbaum when he was offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory?
(a) 27.
(b) 35.
(c) 29.
(d) 22.

10. What company did Michael Barnsley found in 1987?
(a) Xerox.
(b) IBM.
(c) The Dynamical Systems Collective.
(d) Iterated Systems Incorporated.

11. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 7, "The Experimenter": "It's an experience like no other experience I can describe, the best thing that can happen to a scientist, realizing that something that's happened in his or her mind exactly corresponds to something that happens in nature"?
(a) Albert Libchaber.
(b) Michael Barnsley.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) Leo Kadanoff.

12. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Johns Hopkins University.
(b) Caltech.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The University of Bonn.

13. Gleick compares the Mandlebrot Set to what set in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) The Martha Set.
(b) The Julia Set.
(c) The Valerie Set.
(d) The Karen Set.

14. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos": "What else, when chaos draws all forced inward to shape a single leaf"?
(a) Benoit Mandelbrot.
(b) Michael Barnsley.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) Albert Libchaber.

15. 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) Fractal basin boundaries.
(c) Poincare conjecture.
(d) Theoretical physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

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

3. What book did Michael Barnsley publish in 1988?

4. Where was Heinz-Otto Peitgen born?

5. What is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications?

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