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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. When were computers first unveiled?

2. Schrodinger and others theorized that genes had what role in life?

3. What does the author compare the famous library to?

4. Who is Seth Lloyd?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Erwin Schrodinger used the concept of "entropy"?

2. What did Dawkins attribute the belief in God to?

3. What is the normal state of molecules in a system? Describe that arrangement.

4. What fundamental problem is inherent in the observation of quantum particles?

5. What was mathematician Gregory Chatin's concept on entropy?

6. What was discovered through the study of thermodynamics about the movement of energy?

7. What are "memes" as first proposed by Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene"?

8. When was the existence of DNA discovered and by whom?

9. What was John von Neumann's theory on energy cost and how did Rolf Landauer disprove that concept?

10. What was zoologist's Richard Dawkins' theory on DNA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provides descriptions and the functionality of the "Differential Analyzer" and the "Principia Mathematica." How did early technological advancements lead to the merging of math and logic which lead to modern computing.

Essay Topic 2

What vision for the future did Alan Turing and Claude Shannon share? What was the purpose and functionality of Turing's "imaginary machine?"

Essay Topic 3

What kind of "telegraph" was invented by two French brothers and how did it function. What was the downside of this invention? Why was human error a factor in this process?

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