Our world is filled with contradictions. Solutions to our questions are often difficult to nail down and frequently require complicated explanations. Unfortunately, there are those of us who view learning as tiresome and unfruitful. But, there are also many who view life as a learning process, infinite and enlightening. In my opinion, the latter statement accurately describes the field of engineering.
Engineering is the adaptation of science to the real world.
It involves taking discovery out of the laboratory and putting it in your hands. Although engineers have long been branded as antisocial, uninteresting people the results of their work apply to each of us. But, we often have overlooked the technical genius behind the curtain, the wizard, so to speak. In the last one hundred years mankind has made giant technological leaps forward. I recently had a discussion with my great-grandmother who was born in 1901.