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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the middle of the 20th Century, Hendrik Casmir and what other Dutch physicist proposed the existence of a force between two polarizable atoms?
(a) Dirk Polder.
(b) Peter Mitchell.
(c) James Washington.
(d) Andrew Miller.

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Jean le Rond d'Alembert had satisfied the mathematician's need for what?
(a) An all-encompassing theory.
(b) Theology.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Logical rigor.

3. What refers to the branch of mathematics concerned with finding tangent lines to curves, areas under curves, minima and maxima, and other geometric and analytic problems?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Infinitesimal calculus.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Geometry.

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?
(a) “dx.”
(b) “mi.”
(c) “ö.”
(d) “∞.”

5. How is the Planck relation expressed?
(a) E=hv.
(b) E=mc⅍.
(c) E=xy.
(d) E=mvi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jean le Rond d'Alembert born?

2. The Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy was an argument between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over what?

3. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

4. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?

5. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?

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