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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. When did Mitchell Feigenbaum meet Michael Barnsley at a conference in Corsica?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1982.
2. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?
(a) La Jolla, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.
3. From what institution did Albert Libchaber earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Bonn.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.
4. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?
(a) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
(b) Harry Swinney.
(c) Jean Racine.
(d) Gustav Mahler.
5. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Caltech.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Bonn.
(d) Johns Hopkins University.
Short Answer 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?
2. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?
3. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?
4. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
5. What mathematical term refers to a bifurcation in which the system switches to a new behavior with twice the period of the original system in a discrete dynamical system?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Mandelbrot set. To what it is closely related?
2. How does the author differentiate between theorists and experimentalists in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
3. Whose results did Albert Libchaber inadvertently recreate in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?
4. What was Harry Swinney known for in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"? Where did his interests lie?
5. How is Mitchell Feigenbaum described? What was his early life like, according to the author?
6. Describe the career of Heinz-Otto Peitgen. Where is Peitgen from?
7. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?
8. What problems did turbulence cause for physicists and scientists, according to the author in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
9. What interests in art and culture are described of Mitchell Feigenbaum in Chapter 6, "Universality"?
10. How did Barnsley's approach differ from that of Richter and Peitgen in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
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