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Scientist vs. Engineer

Which are you? What is the difference?

Anecdote 1
- Prove that all odd numbers bigger than 1 are prime.
- Answers given by Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer.
Anecdote 2
- Boy-Girl Problem
  
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What about ``computer science?'' (economic science, political science, ...)

G. Sivakumar 2000-07-23