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A Figure Like That<br />

have been much easier and relaxing than<br />

measuring and calculating the success of all<br />

the methods I used in my doctorate.”<br />

“Oh, please tell her that! That would<br />

make my day!” Jack spluttered while he<br />

was drinking his bear and laughed, “I lost<br />

that battle a long time ago! According to<br />

her, literature is just as good for the human<br />

species as science. When I argued that my<br />

solar panels and water filters actually<br />

helped and improved the standards of<br />

living for millions of people across the<br />

world, she argued that what is life without<br />

communications, feelings and ideas that<br />

you can find in literature. She then used my<br />

own daughters to support her argument,<br />

explaining why neither of them would<br />

understand radiation, spectrometers or<br />

concentrations at this point in their lives,<br />

whereas every book they read is another<br />

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