Posted by Randy Yates on 11/11/06 03:18

Karyudo <karyudo_usenet@yahoo.com.remove.me> writes:

> 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.

What was Claude Shannon, a scientist or engineer? He had an MS in both
electrical engineering and mathematics.
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