Sherlock Holmes, the self-proclaimed world's only consulting detective, is the paragon of clever reasoning, famous for startling leaps of inference. Any of his appurtenances—the deerstalker hat, the pipe, the magnifying glass—is enough to evoke observation and cool-headed rationality. And, despite his singular occupation, he offers a lesson for the rest of us on the uses of scientific thinking in everyday life.
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