mass of bacteria

[Michael Witty]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Colin A. B. Davidson wrote:

>
> "Michael Witty" <mw132 at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SGI.4.33.0204041523540.5154582-100000 at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk...
>
> > Colin,
> >      yes you are right.  Far from perfect.  But an experiment is married
> > to the real world.  Sitting in an office and making assumptions is how to
> > get divorced from the real world!  Mike.
>
> I might also argue that sitting in a lab and devising experiments can be
> somewhat of a divorce from the real world. A balanced approach requires
> calculation, experimentation, and a little application! :-)

 . . . touche.  B-)