Of course, engineering relying on science at all is a very recent thing. Throughout most of human history, engineering knowledge were mostly family trade secrets developed through trial and error which didn’t depend at all on the theories spun out by the intellectuals of the time. For instance, Egypt’s pyramid builders had basically no use for theoretical science that we know of.
Of course, engineering relying on science at all is a very recent thing. Throughout most of human history, engineering knowledge were mostly family trade secrets developed through trial and error which didn’t depend at all on the theories spun out by the intellectuals of the time. For instance, Egypt’s pyramid builders had basically no use for theoretical science that we know of.