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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. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
2. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to study turbulence in fluids?
3. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?
4. Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.?
5. When was Albert Libchaber born?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author differentiate between theorists and experimentalists in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
2. To whom does the author compare the background of Albert Libchaber in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"? When was Albert Libchaber born?
3. Who is Michael Barnsley? How is his early career described in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
4. Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? For what great work is he most well known?
5. What did Mitchell Feigenbaum determine needed to happen in Chapter 6, "Universality"? Where was he working?
6. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?
7. What problems did turbulence cause for physicists and scientists, according to the author in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
8. What is the Taylor vortex flow and when does it emerge?
9. What interests in art and culture are described of Mitchell Feigenbaum in Chapter 6, "Universality"?
10. How is Mitchell Feigenbaum described? What was his early life like, according to the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the history of chaos theory as it relates to the biological and ecological sciences. When and how did ecologists come to use chaos in their theories?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Edward Lorenz and his weather simulator at MIT. What effects did the weather simulator create? What led to the machine's breakdowns?
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