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Quality control is looking over that book you’re about to buy—for quality of the writing and for defects in its physical production. Every seemingly identical object is not identical. If it’s made by human beings there are defects. Maybe you are looking at this book in a store and have decided to buy a copy. Or maybe you have already paid for it, in which case the following exercise may disappoint you.

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(2007). Inspect for Defects. 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_23

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