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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. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
(a) A monk.
(b) A martyr.
(c) A rebel.
(d) A philosopher.

2. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?
(a) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(b) Richard Feynman.
(c) James Gleick.
(d) Stephen Spender.

3. What is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy?
(a) Physics.
(b) Butterfly effect.
(c) Biology.
(d) The Navier-Stokes equation.

4. James Yorke realized that one of the largest problems with his work was that mathematicians and physicists were often worlds apart because they did not what?
(a) Use the same equipment.
(b) Report to work at the same time.
(c) Follow the same rules.
(d) Speak the same language.

5. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(c) Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
(d) Yorktown Heights, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions?

2. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.

3. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?

4. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?

5. Where was James Yorke born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and where was the National Meteorological Center founded in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? What existed before it?

3. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," one of the biggest questions came to be how different parameters affected the ultimate destiny of a changing population. What was the answer to this?

4. What variable changed the outcome in the experiment described by Thomas S. Kuhn in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

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

7. How did Lorenz's work influence James Yorke in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

8. How did Benoit Mandelbrot describe the ideal data source in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

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

10. 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?

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