What is Engineering? | Types of Engineering Engineers use science and math to come up with practical solutions to problems. (Image credit: Ollyy | Shutterstock ) Engineering is the application of science and math to solve proble null ms. Engineers figure out how things work and find practical uses for scientific discoveries. Scientists and inventors often get the credit for innovations that advance the human condition, but it is engineers who are instrumental in making those innovations available to the world. In his book, " Disturbing the Universe " (Sloan Foundation, 1981), physicist Freeman Dyson wrote, "A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering." The history of engineering is part and parcel of the history of human civilization. The Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge , the ...
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