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B. Tech.-I Semester
7) What are the various names given to the band of Santa Cruz
Mathematicians and physics students who study chaotic phenomena?
8) Name the three entities that practitioners of chaos theory deal with.
9) Discuss some of the areas of human interest where chaos theory finds
application.
10) Explain the meaning of Chaos and its mathematical and philosophical
implications.
12) What answer does C.P. Gilmore find to the question, “After 63 years why
are they still testing Einstein”?
13) Discuss with example the concept of chaos as the offshoot of mathematics
and physics.
14) “The disorder that is called chaos is not so disorderly after all.” Does this
statement indicate the central argument of chaos?
16) Discuss Bill Moss’s contribution to the tent making scene in the world.
17) Discuss some of the camping and non-camping tents that Bill Moss has
designed and created.
18) What are Bill Moss’s three primary design elements? Elaborate in the
context of the chapter Bill Moss-Tent-maker.
20) What are the medical implications of a nuclear war? Discuss in the context
of the chapter “Star Wars: The Leaky Shield”
21) Write a short note on the ‘viable alternative to the Star Wars.’
23) Why does the author think that the “Star wars or SDI is a bad idea
scientifically, militarily and politically”?
24) Define Star Wars. What prompted Carl Sagan to call it a leaky shield?
25) Discuss the main ideas of the chapter “After 63 years why are they still
testing Einstein.”
26) Discuss the main predictions of Einstein’s theories of relativity and their
confirmation.
27) Why the relativistic universe of Einstein replaced the Newtonian universe
as our best description of reality?
28) Write the theories laid down by Einstein and why the researches are still
going on them?
31) Discuss the essential features of technical writing, with special emphasis
on scientific attitude and impersonal style.
a) tape-recorder
b) thermometer
c) pressure-cooker
d) computer
e) cell-phone
f) compact disc
g) stethoscope
35) Elucidate the significance of illustrations i.e. charts, graphs and tables in
technical writing.
40) What are the essential differences between a good reader and a poor
reader?
41) ) What abilities are required for writing effective technical description?
42) Describe in detail a machine or a process with which you are familiar.
a) Reading techniques
b) Different types of reading: skimming scanning, SQ3R,
c) Reading different types of texts for different purposes: for relaxation,
information and discussion at later stage
d) Faulty reading techniques
58) Do as directed:
a) The committee of scientists…. (was/were) from several scientific
disciplines.
b) Shut the door. ( Add a question tag)
c) Have you completed your work? Give a short response.
d) You cannot pass….(until, till/unless) you work hard.
e) No sooner had we started lunch…. (that/ than/ when) the door bell rang.
f) I congratulate you…. (on/ upon/ for) your success.