Infinite Powers, Strogatz, Trivia on Introduction

Which of the following is a book by Herman Wouk?

• The Wings of War

• War and Peace

• War and Remembrance

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics

What are the subjects of the three volumes of the Feynman Lectures on Physics, in order?

• Gravity, Thermodynamics, Quantum Mechanics

• Mechanics, Statistics, Quantum Mechanics

• Mechanics, Modern Physics, Gravity

• Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics

What is the title of the satirical masterpiece in the science fiction genre, first published in 1979, that makes the claim: "The answer to life and everything in it is 42"?

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• Dune

• 1984

• Fahrenheit 451

Strogatz gave the 2022 Ulam Memorial Lecture at the Santa Fe Institute.

What is the primary focus of research at the Santa Fe Institute?

• Cosmology and Gravity

• Complex Systems and Emergent Behavior

• Weapons and Defense

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Genetics

Fill in the blanks in this quote from the Introduction: "Maxwell’s prediction of electromagnetic waves prompted an experiment by ____________ in 1887 that proved their existence. A decade later, ___________ built the first radio communication system, and five years after that ____________ transmitted the first wireless messages across the Atlantic."

• Heinrich Hertz, Nikola Tesla, Samuel Morse

• Michael Faraday, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison

• Heinrich Hertz, Guglielmo Marconi, Alexander Graham Bell

• Heinrich Hertz, Nikola Tesla, Guglielmo Marconi

Which branch or concept in calculus was developed first, chronologically speaking?

• Differential calculus

• Limits and continuity

• Integral calculus

• Calculus of variations

What is the deadline for the 2025 Steven H. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication?

• April 23, 2025

• May 28, 2025

• March 21, 2025

• April 1, 2025

Which two fundamental ideas are at the heart of calculus, as explained by Strogatz?

• • The infinitely small and the infinitely large

• Slope and area

• Limits and infinity

• • Infinitely small quantities and summing them to form a whole

Which of the following technologies does Strogatz mention as relying heavily on calculus?

Select all that apply.

• Video games

• GPS

• Refrigeration

• Solar panels

Who are the two mathematicians Strogatz credits with independently inventing calculus?

• Newton and Kepler

• Pythagoras and Euler

• Newton and Leibniz

• Pythagoras and Descarte