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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. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?

2. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

3. Gleick compares the Mandlebrot Set to what set in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

4. In mathematics, what refers to a map that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior?

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

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

3. Whose results did Albert Libchaber inadvertently recreate in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?

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

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

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

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

8. How are the Navier-Stokes equations defined? For whom are they named?

9. How is the Taylor-Couette flow defined?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of chaos theory as it relates to the biological and ecological sciences. When and how did ecologists come to use chaos in their theories?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the origins and history of the National Meteorological Center (now the National Weather Service) and the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts. Where is each headquartered and how has it developed in today's world?

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