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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?
(a) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(b) Hot Springs, Arkansas.
(c) Huntsville, Alabama.
(d) Silver Spring, Maryland.

2. 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?"
(a) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(b) Richard Feynman.
(c) Stephen Spender.
(d) Edward Lorenz.

3. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1912.

4. Where was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska.
(b) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(c) Anchorage, Alaska.
(d) Cincinnati, Ohio.

5. James Yorke is credited with creating what term in reference to science?
(a) Pandamonium.
(b) Rambling.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Frantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature," Houthakker explained to Mandelbrot the diagram in his office represented eight years of what?

2. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?

3. What work by Edward Lorenz greatly impacted the thinking of James Yorke, as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

4. In what year did Edward Lorenz create a weather simulator as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

5. When was Steven Smale born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the relationship between meteorologists and computers described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

2. What two technologies contributed to the development of global forecasting in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

3. What were the biggest issues with weather forecasting during Lorenz's time as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How is the Butterfly Effect defined?

4. In Chapter 2, "Revolution" Gleick refers to the pendulum as being the laboratory mouse of chaos, the new science. What metaphorical examples does Gleick give for other great scientists in this chapter?

5. What was the early life of Benoit Mandelbrot like, as described by the author in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

6. How is Robert May described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"? What did his work center on?

7. Who is quoted discussing nonlinear problems in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

8. What impact did The Structure of Scientific Revolutions have on the scientific community? What did Kuhn assert in the book?

9. How did Lorenz's work influence James Yorke in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

10. What led to Benoit Mandelbrot's epiphany in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"? Where was Benoit Mandelbrot working at the time?

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