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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. How old was Mitchell Feigenbaum when he was offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory?

2. What refers to systems whose behavior is intrinsically non-deterministic?

3. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?

4. With whom did Harry Swinney perform experiments on the onset of turbulence for water in rotating cylinders?

5. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Taylor vortex flow and when does it emerge?

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

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

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

8. How is turbulence defined in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?

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

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 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 Mitchell Feigenbaum and Michael Barnsley. How did the two mathematicians meet and what discoveries arose from their conversations?

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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