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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. What paper did James Yorke publish in 1975 concerning chaos?
(a) "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions."
(b) "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow."
(c) "Physical Review Letters."
(d) "Period Three Implies Chaos."

2. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect" as saying "Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?"
(a) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Edward Lorenz.
(d) Richard Feynman.

3. James Yorke is credited with creating what term in reference to science?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Pandamonium.
(d) Rambling.

4. Where was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(b) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(c) Anchorage, Alaska.
(d) Omaha, Nebraska.

5. What concept originated by Thomas S. Kuhn refers to the routine work of scientists experimenting within a paradigm, slowly accumulating detail in accord with established broad theory and not actually challenging or attempting to test the underlying assumptions of that theory?
(a) Normal science.
(b) Science of commonality.
(c) Bland science.
(d) Psuedoscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's mother?

2. In Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature," Houthakker explained to Mandelbrot the diagram in his office represented eight years of what?

3. What is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force?

4. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?

5. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact did The Structure of Scientific Revolutions have on the scientific community? What did Kuhn assert in the book?

2. What two technologies contributed to the development of global forecasting in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

3. What were the biggest issues with weather forecasting during Lorenz's time as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How is the Butterfly Effect defined?

4. How did Lorenz develop ways to reproduce complex behavior in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

5. What led to Benoit Mandelbrot's epiphany in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"? Where was Benoit Mandelbrot working at the time?

6. How is a Cantor set described in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

7. What did Edward Lorenz develop in order to assist in working with computer technology in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How did he feel about the future of forecasting?

8. In Chapter 2, "Revolution" Gleick refers to the pendulum as being the laboratory mouse of chaos, the new science. What metaphorical examples does Gleick give for other great scientists in this chapter?

9. How is Edward Lorenz described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? Where was he working at the time?

10. How did the role of chaos theory affect ecologists in the 1970s as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

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