(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." A version of this quote, originally penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes," appears in a dog-eared copy of "Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers" on a shelf in Pierre Lermusiaux's office. The textbook, which he has kept since he was an engineering undergraduate in Belgium, introduces each chapter with a quote from the fictional sleuth - a literary prompt that pushed Lermusiaux, as a young student, to keep reading. The quote above is particularly apt for Lermusiaux, who has...
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