What is the study?

What do we mean by the study of any topic?

By the study we mean "The application of one's mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge in a particular field or to a specific subject." How does one acquire such knowledge? One shoud not acquire such knowledge by memorizing a bunch of facts; looking at a bunch of instances, etc. One acquires such knowledge by developing a firm fundation of concepts upon which one can absorb knowledge. And, in my opinion, that knowledge should be learned by modelling the actual artifact that one is studying!

学习的含义：

就是运用人的脑力去获取某个领域的知识。怎么获取呢？不是靠记忆一些事实，也不是看些案例，而是通过建立这个领域的一些关键的基础概念，通过这些概念你可以获取更多的知识。在我看来，可以通过对你正在学习的东西建模，达到获取知识的目的。

建模：抽象出来的模型是实实在在的，但同时比较被抽象事物，这个模型是经过加工、处理，并不完全像原来的样子。抽象模型必须具有代表性和一般性，也即脱离具体情况，同时具备解释能力。