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

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

3. When did de Broglie enlist in the corps of engineers?

4. In 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?

5. In 1925, where did Heisenberg go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Mochizuki become well known?

3. How did de Broglie become interested in science?

4. What system did Heisenberg create using only direct observation?

5. Who is Mochizuki?

6. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

7. How did a professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz describe Grothendieck?

8. Why did Heisenberg go to Heligoland in June 1925?

9. What was Grothendieck's lifelong obsession, and what was one of his greatest discoveries?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Schrodinger used metaphors to describe subatomic particles. How did he use metaphors to describe subatomic particles? Why did Werner Heisenberg hate using metaphors for subatomic particles and what did he believe should be used instead?

Essay Topic 2

The book and section four are titled When We Cease to Understand the World. How does the title of the book and the title of section four relate to the theme of the incomprehensibility of the world?

Essay Topic 3

Fritz Haber made many contributions to science. What were his contributions? Why were his contributions positive and negative?

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