RESEARCH AS I SEE IT

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Other

Author/Creator:

HORNING, H. L., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1933

Summary:

We live in a world of contemporaneous ancestors; only a few men, and even these only for a short moment, think straight, constructively and creatively, according to H. L. Horning, Past-President of the Society, a member of three fuel-research committees and an internationally recognized authority on research, a subject which he handles in a vivid and attention-holding way.Three methods by which people come to a conclusion are listed as the deductive, which was the method of the Greeks; the religious, or mystical; and the inductive, or research, which is the modern scientific way. Regarding the last the author says:The inductive method results from a state of mind; research is a method of inquiry and a way of thinking.Research has for its object merely to glean that essential element in any situation which will be useful to the attainment of any given purpose.Research is largely a process of turning things upside down and sideways, looking at them on the inside and in the most unaccustomed ways.Most business failures are caused by someone not being research-minded.Mr. Horning goes on to discuss many aspects of the subject and illustrates some of his points with examples from personal experience. Engineering-college professors and industrial research men who took part in the discussion agree with the author's exposition of the subject and make interesting comments from their own experiences

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Publisher Number:

330033

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