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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. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?
2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?
3. Approximately when did Copernicus live?
4. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?
5. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe Islam’s history in the seventh century in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
2. What advancements in mathematics were made by René Descartes?
3. How are multiplication and division involving zero described in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
4. What results came about when Indian mathematicians began separating numbers from shapes, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
5. How does the author describe the early counting systems of prehistoric mathematics in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
6. How did the Protestant Reformation influence the Aristotelian philosophy in the West?
7. What theory was developed through Blaise Pascal’s mathematical approach to theology?
8. What Italian mathematician was responsible for the introduction of zero to Christianity and the Western world, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
9. What inventions is Blaise Pascal credited with, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Infinite God of Nothing”?
10. How did Aristotle approach the concept of zero, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the origins and development of mathematics in Indian society. From whom did India adopt the concept of zero? How did the beliefs of Hinduism deal with the concept of zero? Why and how was this different than Christianity’s viewpoint of the void?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the biography and work of Filippo Brunelleschi and the introduction of linear perspective. What did paintings look like before the invention of the vanishing point? How did Brunelleschi discover the concept of the vanishing point? How did this concept involve zero?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the biography and works of Leonardo Fibonacci during the Middle Ages, and Fibonacci’s influence in spreading the Hindu–Arabic numeral system in Europe. What is the Fibonacci number sequence? What works did Fibonacci write?
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