Science and Engineering in the History of Aviation

AN ATTEMPT to evaluate the roles of science and engineering in the history of aviation 1 must of necessity begin by making it clear what is meant by "science " and "engineering." Clarity requires that a definition be simple rather than complex. Consequently, at the risk of oversimplification, we will define science as the accumulation of knowledge about the physical world, both through the gathering and classification of factual data and the formulation of basic laws and