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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In fluid dynamics, what condition for viscous fluids states that at a solid boundary, the fluid will have zero velocity relative to the boundary?
(a) Chaos theory.
(b) No-slip condition.
(c) Period doubling bifurcation.
(d) Momentum diffusion.

2. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

3. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1959.

4. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," Gleick writes, "In the emergence of chaos as a new science in the 1970s, _____ were destined to play a special role."
(a) Ecologists.
(b) Geologists.
(c) Paleontologists.
(d) Botanists.

5. What were the subjects allowed to glance at one at a time in the experiment from the 1940s described by Gleick in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) Nature photographs.
(b) Ink blots.
(c) Postage stamps.
(d) Playing cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

2. When was Heinz-Otto Peitgen born?

3. In what year did Benoit Mandelbrot recognize the ghost of an idea when he spotted a diagram charted out on the blackboard in Hendrik Houthakker's office?

4. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?

5. What did Foucault use as a way to demonstrate the earth's rotation, according to the author in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

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