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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 Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?

2. When did the commune Grothendieck founded as a place open to all descend into lawlessness?

3. What family members did Schrodinger lose during the interwar period?

4. In 1925 when Heisenberg got lost in fog on an island he visited, what skeleton did he see at his feet?

5. When did Schrodinger join the Austro-Hungarian army as an office during the Great War?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Heisenberg attack Schrodinger's wave mechanics?

2. What deprivations did Erwin Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?

3. When did Mochizuki become well known?

4. What contributions did Schrodinger make in later years, and how did they compare to what he produced at the tuberculosis sanitarium?

5. How sick did Heisenberg get while he was at Heligoland?

6. What was Grothendieck's project at the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies?

7. When and how did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?

8. Who was Alexander Grothendieck?

9. Who was one of the first people aware of the existence of Mochizuki's proof, and what was learned when he sent the proof to Ivan Fesenko?

10. What did Einstein say about Heisenberg's ideas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphanies does Werner Heisenberg have? How do these epiphanies help him with his research?

Essay Topic 2

A frame story sets the scene for a story within a story. What is the frame story in ”The Heart of the Heart”? How does it reveal a connection between scientific study and an unstable mind?

Essay Topic 3

Schwarzschild volunteered to serve in World War I. What was Schwarzchild’s view of World War I, and how did his view change?

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