> For me the various engineering streams are just as different from each other as from every other non-engineering discipline.
False, and that cannot be used to argue that they're not all directly derived from physics. Look at cosmology and particle physics. It's hard to imagine two fields that are less alike -- one studies nature at the largest scales, the other at the smallest. But not only are they both physical fields and share the same theories, but they attend each other's conferences and work together on common issues.
Remember that engineering is applied science. This is true for all engineering fields in which people place their trust.
> There is no way a mechanical engineer could work in the electronics, IT or biochemical engineering fields.
Same reply -- it's not relevant to the issue of their scientific underpinnings.
> If you are going to label the common base as "science" then you could equally say engineering is common with psychology since they both involve "words".
When you think of a coherent argument, post again. Psychology isn't scientific, engineering is, and the topic is science. When a psychologist uses the word "gravity", he means seriousness. When an engineer uses the word, he means spacetime curvature.
False, and that cannot be used to argue that they're not all directly derived from physics. Look at cosmology and particle physics. It's hard to imagine two fields that are less alike -- one studies nature at the largest scales, the other at the smallest. But not only are they both physical fields and share the same theories, but they attend each other's conferences and work together on common issues.
Remember that engineering is applied science. This is true for all engineering fields in which people place their trust.
> There is no way a mechanical engineer could work in the electronics, IT or biochemical engineering fields.
Same reply -- it's not relevant to the issue of their scientific underpinnings.
> If you are going to label the common base as "science" then you could equally say engineering is common with psychology since they both involve "words".
When you think of a coherent argument, post again. Psychology isn't scientific, engineering is, and the topic is science. When a psychologist uses the word "gravity", he means seriousness. When an engineer uses the word, he means spacetime curvature.