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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. According to the author, "to play the chaos game quickly, you need a computer with a graphics screen and a random number generator, but in principle a sheet of paper and" what will work as well?

2. In control theory, a system is _____ if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.

3. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

4. Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.?

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 is the Taylor-Couette flow defined?

4. How does the author describe the evolution of chaos in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

5. What did Mitchell Feigenbaum determine needed to happen in Chapter 6, "Universality"? Where was he working?

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

9. What problems did turbulence cause for physicists and scientists, according to the author in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the computer development of the 1960s and the Royal McBee computer used by Edward Lorenz. What did Lorenz develop to aid in computer analysis?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the contributions of Jerry Gollub in nonlinear and non-equilibrium phenomena. How are these terms defined and how are experiments conducted?

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