I read somewhere recently (or heard somewhere recently?) that most scientists don’t have the scientific method posted anywhere on the walls of their office or lab. I was struck by that fact, until I stopped and said, “Hey, stupid – you don’t have it on your wall, either!”. This morning, I remedied that egregious oversight: I printed off the viewgraph my father made for his chemistry class and posted it on my wall (c.f. [TAOMPH149]). There are two things I like about the way his slide turned out: first, the accuracy of the depiction and second, the personalized way the flow-arrows are frenetically drawn connecting the core tenets of the method.
Christmas is coming fast. In between “seeing the Nutcracker”:http://www.sfballet.org/performances/nutcracker/index.aspx and crossing all those little gifts off the list for family and friends, I’ve gotta get some science done. Mostly, I am worried about the logistics of the several projects I am working on. Second, I actually have to dig some physics out of these projects.
.. [TAOMPH149] http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/?p=749
