I think alchemy is a better word.
Anyway, if you're trying things iteratively it becomes more a science. Engineering is more like designing stuff and building them without trying lots of things first.
Anyway, if you're trying things iteratively it becomes more a science. Engineering is more like designing stuff and building them without trying lots of things first.
Engineering takes a first-principled approach, where upon knowing those principles you can then construct abstractly without physically building first.