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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lord Kelvin is well known for determining the correct value of absolute zero. Absolute zero is approximately what temperature Celsius?
(a) -59 degrees.
(b) -32 degrees.
(c) -273.15 degrees.
(d) -125.32 degrees.

2. The operation of finding the area under a curve is now called what, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?
(a) Division.
(b) Disintegration.
(c) Integration.
(d) Differentiation.

3. In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they do what?
(a) Absorb energy from light.
(b) Reflect energy from light.
(c) Depict energy from light.
(d) Approach zero.

4. According to the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” some physicists think the merging of a particle and a black hole creates a tachyon or a particle with imaginary mass that could do what?
(a) Move forward in time.
(b) Devour the black hole.
(c) Move backward in time.
(d) Cross into space.

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin,” geometry shows that mathematically the north and south poles of spheres do what?
(a) Turn into one another.
(b) Repeat one another.
(c) Repel one another.
(d) Pull away from one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of stars did the Hubble space telescope use to measure the size of the universe?

2. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?

3. What term refers to an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation?

4. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?

5. Quantum mechanics eliminated zero in classical thermodynamics by removing what, according to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who devised the concept of a limit in calculus? What problems did the limit solve?

2. What does the author say thermodynamics has taught us in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros”?

3. What are differential equations? Who first developed differential equations?

4. How were Georg Cantor’s mathematical principles applied to his theology? Who disagreed with his vision and why?

5. Who created calculus? How did calculus differ from the other mathematical fields, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

6. How old is the universe estimated to be by astronomers today? How did they calculate this age?

7. The author states in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin” that before imaginary numbers could be accepted, several developments had to occur. Which was the first?

8. What problem does zero present when calculating tangent lines? What is a tangent?

9. How did l’Hopital address the problem of zero, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

10. Who was Carl Gauss? What discovery did he make regarding imaginary numbers?

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