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The preferred method of virtually all science is to break a problem down to its simplest component parts: to look at the little picture. Although sometimes referred to disparagingly as “reductionism,” there can be little doubt of its success or power.
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(2007). Look at the Little Picture. In: The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_33
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