A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Schmuck

There's a text file on my computer in which I’ve written down some questions, the answers to which will firmly demarcate the line between science and engineering. Here are some of the questions I’ve set myself: Is there such a thing as 'rocket science'? If a carrion crow retrieves food using a stick, is that engineering? Can a serendipitous discovery be scientific? Was the phase-contrast…