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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?
(a) The logarithm.
(b) The base number.
(c) The square root.
(d) Pi.

2. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?
(a) Equilibrium.
(b) 32 degrees F.
(c) Controlled environment.
(d) Neutrality.

3. Gleick presents his intention to trace the growth of both the concept of information and information itself by identifying what key elements?
(a) Nation and type of governance.
(b) Origin and reliability of sources.
(c) Society and culture.
(d) The people and thinking that contributed to it.

4. What did mathematician Gregory Chaitin propose about Shannon's concept of entropy as uncertainty?
(a) It was related to infinity.
(b) It was related to the dynamism of numbers.
(c) It was related to randomness in numbers.
(d) That the theory was faulty.

5. Why do scientists consider the belief in God a meme?
(a) It has been passed from person to person.
(b) Because all beliefs are contained in memes.
(c) Memes control reactions to external influences.
(d) Most scientists are atheists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first defined the concept of "bandwith"?

2. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?

3. What was one of the innovative concepts that Dawkins proposed in "The Selfish Gene"?

4. Why do scientists view quantum particles in terms of probability?

5. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

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