Sunday, September 09, 2007

Why am I an Engineer?

Slashdot | Bringing Science and Math Into Writing?

There's some interesting discussion in there about what fosters an interest in math and science in people. For me I think it can be narrowed down to a few specific items:


Interestingly enough, I didn't really read much Sci-Fi as a 'youngster' though I'm sure I would've been enthralled by a set of Heinlein's 'juvenile' novels. I did generally read 'good' books, though. No 'Goosebumps' for me, and I only really read the earlier, "better" 'Box Car Children' books.

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