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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. What exists when a reversible reaction ceases to change its ratio of reactants/products, but substances move between the chemicals at an equal rate, meaning there is no net change?

2. In vector calculus, what refers to a vector field that points in the direction of the greatest rate of increase of the scalar field, and whose magnitude is the greatest rate of change?

3. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?

4. What were used to address deep issues in theoretical physics according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

5. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to study turbulence in fluids?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Taylor vortex flow and when does it emerge?

2. What problems did turbulence cause for physicists and scientists, according to the author in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?

3. Describe the Mandelbrot set. To what it is closely related?

4. What is the definition of a bifurcation diagram?

5. How does the author describe the evolution of chaos in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

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

7. Describe the career of Heinz-Otto Peitgen. Where is Peitgen from?

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

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

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

Describe Benoit Mandelbrot's work for International Business Machines Corporation. When was IBM founded and how was Mandelbrot involved in its evolution?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the computer development of the 1960s and the Royal McBee computer used by Edward Lorenz. What did Lorenz develop to aid in computer analysis?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mitchell Feigenbaum's history, education and work. What are Feigenbaum constants and when were they discovered?

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