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ERIC Number: EJ666929
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0304-3797
The Renaissance Engineer: Ideas from Physics.
Melville, Peter
European Journal of Engineering Education, v28 n2 p139-44 Jun 2003
Explains how individuals trained to be physicists take a path to become engineers and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this transformation, particularly with regard to the term "renaissance engineer." Examines the system for registration of physicists as engineers in the United Kingdom. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom