- hypothetico-deductive method, 13, 82
I
ideal class, 45
imagination, see: insight
independent variable, 46, 108, 139
- definition of, 117
induction: Chapter 3
- scientific, 42, 86
industrial research, see: science - applied
innovation, see: insight
insight: Chapter 8
- characteristics of, 170, 173, 177
- concentration and, 176
- conviction of truth, 174
- factors fostering, 6, 44, 45, 99, 115, 117, 139, 171173, 176, 178-180, 200
- inhibiting factors, 173, 174, 179
- joy of, 170, 180-182, 210, 212
inspiration, see: insight
instrument, 101, 102
- borrowing or buying, 112
- computer interface, 102
- drift, 36, 112, 118, 121, 137
- new vs. used, 102
- prototype, 103
- troubleshooting, 104-109, 117
- use, 112
intelligence, 69, 184, 199, 200
- artificial, 148
- IQ, 142, 200
interpolation, 53-55, 60
invention, see: discovery, insight
J
jargon, scientific, 163, 184
journals, see: literature
judgment, 10, 11, 146, 160, 205
- values, 147-151
justificationism, see: confirmation and refutation-justificationism
K
kinship theory, 203
knowledge, 2, 5, 6, 8, 211, 212
- new, 7, 153, 161
- objective, 2, 125, 135, 137, 145
- organized, 155
- reliable, 2, 14, 96, 136, 160, 191
- specialized, 192
- useful, 2, 189, 191
L
law, 4, 13, 61
- definition of, 13
- universal vs. statistical, 146
library, 7, 8
- of Alexandria, 5, 88
linear regression, see: statistics - linear regression
literature, scientific, 9
- publication, see: publication
- reading of, 2, 89, 123, 138, 147, 150, 188
logic: Chapters 3 & 4
- argument, 73
- deduction vs. induction, 73, 74
- definition of, 73
- logical equivalence, 64, 78, 79
- also see: deduction, induction
M
mathematical description of nature, 4, 7, 13, 148
mathematics, 76, 129, 194, 200, 208
- development of, 4, 6, 8, 10, 208
measurement types
- interval, 15
- nominal, 15
- ordinal, 15, 50, 55
- ratio, 15
medicine, 4, 67, 139, 191
memory, 131-134
meteorology, 178
Mill’s Canons, 64, 65, 72
- joint method of agreement and difference, 67
- method of agreement, 65
- method of concomitant variations, 67
- method of difference, 66
- method of residues, 67
model
- definition of, 13
- quantitative, 45, 100, 122
model/observation table, 152, 153
N
National Science Foundation, 104, 203
note taking, 104, 114, 115, 123, 155, 169, 208
numbers
- Arabic system, 7
- significant digits, 123
- also see: measurement types
