Regarding science, Thomson wrote the following: In physical science a first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for measuring some quality connected with it.
关于科学，汤姆逊写了以下这段话： 在物理科学中学习任何科目的方向的第一个重要步骤，就是找到数值推算和可行的方法测量一些质量与它相连的原则。