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by jake_morrison 2137 days ago
Physics is mathematics with the constraint of reality.

Engineering is physics with the constraint of money.

2 comments

Scientists love the problem, engineers love the solution.
Yeah, according to Vladimir Arnold physics and mathematics is in fact the same science.
Arnold's quip is that mathematics is the part of physics where experiments are cheap.
All science is the same science.