There is a scientific approach to every subject. I find, for example, that the practical problems I deal with in my laboratory yield to analysis exactly the same way that purely theoretical ones do. Gus was getting interested. That's certainly true up to a point. He was thinking of how he had licked many a tough problem at the Model Garage by just lighting his pipe and sitting down to think it over.
Fundamental principles apply to everything.
No specific experience required. Gus caught the sly grin on Plummer's face and suddenly remembered his waring about arguing with the doctor. Perhaps you're right, Doctor. I hadn't thought of it just that way. Dr. Angus seemed somewhat mollified.