"In catching anything, Andy, you should first know more than your rabbit."
"You do not believe it?"
"Nope." Gene handed the editor a sheet of paper. "Follow that?"
Andrew started down the listed equations and stopped after the fourth. "Way ahead of me. How did you derive this term here?"
"By deduction."
"Guesswork?"
"Deduction. It can be nothing else."
"But knowing that is like establishing the validity of a negative result."
"Yes, but I tried everything else and nothing else worked."
"You tried everything? Look, Gene, everything covers—"