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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. What refers to a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation?

2. Where was Gustav Mahler born?

3. 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"?

4. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?

5. Albert Libchaber made the first experimental observation of the _____ that leads to chaos and turbulence in convective Rayleigh-Benard systems.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mandelbrot set. To what it is closely related?

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

3. What is the definition of a bifurcation diagram?

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

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

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

7. How are Feigenbaum constants defined?

8. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?

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

10. How does the author differentiate between theorists and experimentalists in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Edward Lorenz and his weather simulator at MIT. What effects did the weather simulator create? What led to the machine's breakdowns?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Cantor set and the Noah and Joseph Effects. What is Cantor Dust and how was it discovered?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mitchell Feigenbaum's history, education and work. What are Feigenbaum constants and when were they discovered?

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