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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was James Yorke born?
2. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
3. What, according to the author, are created out of things that have come to an end?
4. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?
5. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How is Robert May described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"? What did his work center on?
3. Who is quoted discussing nonlinear problems in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
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 impact did The Structure of Scientific Revolutions have on the scientific community? What did Kuhn assert in the book?
6. When and where was the National Meteorological Center founded in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? What existed before it?
7. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," one of the biggest questions came to be how different parameters affected the ultimate destiny of a changing population. What was the answer to this?
8. How is Edward Lorenz described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? Where was he working at the time?
9. What variable changed the outcome in the experiment described by Thomas S. Kuhn in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Mitchell Feigenbaum's history, education and work. What are Feigenbaum constants and when were they discovered?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Albert Libchaber's major contributions in experimental condensed matter physics. How did his discoveries relate to the Rayleigh-Benard systems?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the Cantor set and the Noah and Joseph Effects. What is Cantor Dust and how was it discovered?
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