Editing Engineering physics (section)

{{short description|Study of the combined disciplines in natural science and engineering}}
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'''Engineering physics''' ('''EP'''), sometimes '''engineering science''', is the [[field of study]] combining [[pure science]] disciplines (such as [[physics]], [[mathematics]], [[chemistry]] or [[biology]]) and [[engineering]] disciplines ([[computer engineering|computer]], [[nuclear engineering|nuclear]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]], [[aerospace engineering|aerospace]], [[medical engineering|medical]], [[materials engineering|materials]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], etc.).<ref name=princeReview>
{{Cite news 
  | title =Major: Engineering Physics
  | newspaper =The Princeton Review
  | page =01 
  | year = 201
  | url =https://www.princetonreview.com/college-majors/439/engineering-physics
  | access-date=June 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name=princeton>
{{cite web
 |title=Introduction 
 |publisher=[[Princeton University]] 
 |url=http://engineeringphysics.princeton.edu/ 
 |format=online 
 |access-date=June 26, 2011 
}}</ref><ref name=Khare>
{{Cite book
  | last =Khare 
  | first = P.
  |author2=A. Swarup 
  | title =Engineering Physics: Fundamentals & Modern Applications 
  | publisher =Jones & Bartlett Learning 
  | edition = 13th
  | pages =xiii – Preface 
  | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UfztNNnSFckC&q=engineering+physics 
   | isbn =978-0-7637-7374-8| date = 2009-01-26
 }}</ref>

In many languages, the term '''technical physics''' is also used.
It has been used since 1861 by the German physics teacher {{ill|Joseph Frick|de|lt=J. Frick}} in his publications.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frick |first=J. |url=https://archive.org/details/physicaltechnic03fricgoog |title=Physical Technics; or, Practical Instructions for Making Experiments in Physics and the Construction of Physical Apparatus with the most limited means. |last2=Lehmann |first2=O. |date=1861 |publisher=J. B. Lippincott & Co. |location=Philadelphia}}</ref>