/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9082551
I mean, if you call being able to actually create something useful with the physics & math knowledge "watered down," which you're free to do.

I came from a physics degree and went into engineering after a couple of years because I wound up doing a bunch of DIY projects at home and found the process to be fun and interesting to me, especially at the end when I had a little gadget that worked. A large chunk of the engineering curriculum was covered in my physics curriculum, yes, but there's a lot about the application of physics that just doesn't come to light without black-boxing some of its principles.

Case and point is the thread at >>9073565 where he was trying to get a better grasp on physics to do the very thing that got me into engineering. Maxwell's equations and particle physics don't tell you anything about how to build a circuit, but the engineers can bring the magic of physics from the paper into the real world. The physicists discover the runes, and the engineers write the spells.