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Most simply, the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use
and the convenience of people. In its modern form engineering involves people, money,
materials, machines, and energy. It is differentiated from science because it is
primarily concerned with how to direct to useful and economical ends the natural
phenomena which scientists discover and formulate into acceptable theories. Engineering
therefore requires above all the creative imagination to innovate useful applications
of natural phenomena. It seeks newer, cheaper, better means of using natural sources
of energy and materials.