The heavy or. The light? an analysis of the historical development of electrical engineering

In tracing the development of engineering sciences from the very beginnings, one is impressed by the great similarity of the pattern followed in each case. Most, if not all, of the engineering sciences have their origin in some branch of the natural sciences, physics and chemistry, with the all pervading background of mathematics as an essential tool in the fashioning of both a theory to fit the facts and a code of practice to make those facts usable.