Posted by Karyudo on 11/11/06 03:08

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:49:40 GMT, "ThePunisher"
<thepunisher@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>"Karyudo" <karyudo_usenet@yahoo.com.remove.me> wrote in message
>news:h038l25f82mhivmvn58hh89lksaqv2hnv6@4ax.com
>> > > Science...the thing that brought us computers,
>> > > airplanes and televisions.
>>
>> Actually, science brought us semiconductors, manometers, and cathode
>> rays. Yawn.
>>
>> It's *engineering* that brought us computers, airplanes, and
>> televisions.
>
>That would be the science of engineering then.

Engineering is *applied* science. It requires science -- but science
by itself (i.e. without an application) is pretty boring sometimes.

F=ma is science; a rollercoaster is engineering.

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