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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. Albert Libchaber graduated with a bachelor degree in mathematics from what institution?
2. Who is attributed with the following quote in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors": "Big whorls have little whorls which feed on their velocity, and little whorls have lesser whorls and so on to viscosity"?
3. When was Harry L. Swinney born?
4. What refers to the static or animated 2-D or 3-D visual representation of information about software systems based on their structure, size, history or behavior?
5. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? For what great work is he most well known?
2. Describe the career of Heinz-Otto Peitgen. Where is Peitgen from?
3. How are the Navier-Stokes equations defined? For whom are they named?
4. How does the author differentiate between theorists and experimentalists in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
5. How are Feigenbaum constants defined?
6. Describe the Julia set. How is it related to the Fatou set?
7. Describe the Mandelbrot set. To what it is closely related?
8. Who is Michael Barnsley? How is his early career described in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
9. What is the Taylor vortex flow and when does it emerge?
10. How does the author describe the evolution of chaos in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Benoit Mandelbrot's work for International Business Machines Corporation. When was IBM founded and how was Mandelbrot involved in its evolution?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life and work of Thomas S. Kuhn and the scientific revolution he originated. What book did Kuhn publish and what was its impact on science?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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