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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.?

2. Where was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?

3. What will drain rapidly from large-scale motions to small-scale motions?

4. What refers to systems whose behavior is intrinsically non-deterministic?

5. When was Michael Barnsley's book SuperFractals published?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mitchell Feigenbaum described? What was his early life like, according to the author?

2. Describe the Julia set. How is it related to the Fatou set?

3. What was Harry Swinney known for in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"? Where did his interests lie?

4. How are the Navier-Stokes equations defined? For whom are they named?

5. How were fractal basin boundaries used in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"? What scientists studied the transitions?

6. What interests in art and culture are described of Mitchell Feigenbaum in Chapter 6, "Universality"?

7. What is the definition of a bifurcation diagram?

8. Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? For what great work is he most well known?

9. Who is Michael Barnsley? How is his early career described in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

10. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the contributions of Jerry Gollub in nonlinear and non-equilibrium phenomena. How are these terms defined and how are experiments conducted?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the origins and history of the National Meteorological Center (now the National Weather Service) and the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts. Where is each headquartered and how has it developed in today's world?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life and work of Thomas S. Kuhn and the scientific revolution he originated. What book did Kuhn publish and what was its impact on science?

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