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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. What controversial book did Thomas S. Kuhn publish in 1962?
(a) Physical Review Letters.
(b) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
(c) Fractals Everywhere.
(d) Period Three Implies Chaos.

2. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?
(a) Prague.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Moscow.
(d) London.

3. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A monk.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A philosopher.

4. What is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Information theory.
(c) Biology.
(d) Meteorology.

5. Who is attributed with the following quote in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature": "And yet relation appears, a small relation expanding like the shade of a cloud on sand, a shape on the side of the hill"?
(a) Enrico Fermi.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) James Yorke.
(d) Robert May.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.

2. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

3. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

4. When was Robert May born?

5. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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. What variable changed the outcome in the experiment described by Thomas S. Kuhn in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

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

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

7. How is a Cantor set described in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

8. What psychological experiment does Thomas S. Kuhn describe in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

9. What role do computers and mathematical equations play in ecology and biology as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

10. What did Edward Lorenz develop in order to assist in working with computer technology in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How did he feel about the future of forecasting?

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