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Science and Engineering: Differences Revisited

by Kevin C. on Jun 23, 2009

Back in February, I had written a post about the differences between science and engineering, titled “Science Isn’t Engineering; Engineering Isn’t Science.”
This morning, I came across a very interesting blog by a guy named Eric Drexler, who writes about science and technology at Metamodern.com. He elaborates more on the topic that I had superficially written [...]

Science Isn’t Engineering; Engineering Isn’t Science

by Kevin C. on Feb 5, 2009

Science is not engineering. Engineering is not science. They are, however, similar.
Science is assumed to be the study of general truths, the observation of objects and processes, and the discovery of laws that govern the physical world and the phenomena that exist in it. Engineering, on the other hand, is the application of science and [...]