From 'Advice to a Young Scientist' by P. B. Medawar
- Too much book learning may crab and confine the imagination, and endless pouring over the research of others is sometimes psychologically a research substitute, as much as reading a romantic fiction may be a substitute for a real life romance.
- The snobbism of Pure and Applied Science: Such a class distinction is
particularly offensive, because it is
based up on a complete misconception of the original meaning of `pure'
- the meaning that was thought to confer a loftier status up on pure
than up on applied science.
The word was originally used to distinguish a science of which the axioms or the first principles were known not through observation or experimental - vulgar activities both - but through pure intuition, revelation or a certain quality of self evidence. - A love affair with a pet hypothesis can waste years of precious time.
Steps in Case Analysis
- Problem Identification
- Objectives to be achieved ( short term, long term)
- What alternatives are available ?
- Criteria for evaluation of available alternatives
- Evaluation of all alternatives
- Conclusion and recommendation
- Contingency Plan