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

2. Through this work on the study of quantum behavior of superfluid helium, Albert Libchaber invented what?
(a) Euclidean space.
(b) Helium in a Box.
(c) Fractal compression.
(d) Thermodynamics.

3. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Fractal basin boundaries.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Poincare conjecture.
(d) Theoretical physics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Michael Barnsley publish in 1988?

2. What is defined as a mess of disorder on all scales and is not stable?

3. What refers to systems whose behavior is intrinsically non-deterministic?

4. What occurs at higher velocities where eddies or small packets of fluid particles form leading to lateral mixing?

5. When was Michael Barnsley's book SuperFractals published?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the career of Heinz-Otto Peitgen. Where is Peitgen from?

2. Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? For what great work is he most well known?

3. How did Barnsley's approach differ from that of Richter and Peitgen in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

4. How is turbulence defined in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?

5. Who is Michael Barnsley? How is his early career described in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

6. To whom does the author compare the background of Albert Libchaber in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"? When was Albert Libchaber born?

7. How is Mitchell Feigenbaum described? What was his early life like, according to the author?

8. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum meet Michael Barnsley in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"? What did their discussions lead to?

9. What was Harry Swinney known for in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"? Where did his interests lie?

10. What interests in art and culture are described of Mitchell Feigenbaum in Chapter 6, "Universality"?

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