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Indeed, the most important part of engineering work—and also of other scientific work—is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may be, whether an experimental investigation, or a theoretical calculation. … It is by the choice of a suitable method of attack, that intricate problems are reduced to simple phenomena, and then easily solved.
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Walker, J., Awange, J. (2020). Fundamental Surveying. In: Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45803-4_1
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