A Socratic prompt for recollection might ask: "What principles of thermodynamics might explain the decrease in entropy during this reaction, and how do they apply here?" In contrast, a non-Socratic prompt such as "What is entropy?" is too broad and fails to connect the foundational concept to the specific problem at hand. Recollection-based Socratic prompts enable LLMs to retrieve and apply foundational principles to complex problems, transforming latent knowledge into actionable insights for discovery.