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 :hypothetico-deductive method, 13, 82 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 jargon, scientific, 163, 184 journals, see: literature judgment, 10, 11, 146, 160, 205
 * values, 147-151

justificationism, see: confirmation and refutation-justificationism 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

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

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 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