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{{maxim| | {{maxim|Don’t follow the maths out the window}} | ||
: | :—{{author|James Gleick}} | ||
A beautiful expression, articulated by Gleick in his tremendous book {{br|Time Travel}}, to make the point that theory is all fine and dandy, but the intractable real world has a way of confounding the most intricate predictions. Don’t jump out the window just because the mathematics tell you the parabolic curve you prescribe will see you right. Look first. | |||
From the same stable as the observation {{maxim|no fielder catches a ball by performing differential equations}}. | |||