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David Billington
(1 Jun 1927 - )
American engineer and author whose numerous books include those on construction and design, as well as profiles of major structural engineers (such as Robert Maillart).
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Science Quotes by David Billington (1 quote)
Engineering or Technology is the making of things that did not previously exist, whereas science is the discovering of things that have long existed.
— David Billington
The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering (1983), 9.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
