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<p>I guess I don’t know what you mean by “details”. I’m not talking about facts and formulas and constants or specialized equations and whether you remember them or not. I’m talking about paying attention to details while you do the work. It seems to me you have to pay attention to detail to be able to derive something from scratch.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s different at the graduate level. I have BS degrees in both biophysics and electrical engineering. I took a course in Methods of Mathematical Physics and one in Advanced Engineering Math and I don’t recall huge differences in the level of attention to detail I needed to solve the problems. Same with, say, junior level Physics E&M verses Electromagnetics for Engineers. I do remember differences in the level of approximation we allowed ourselves, but IIRC we did more approximating in Engineering class than in Physics or Math. (although I could be misremembering that - it’s been a while)</p>
<p>Don’t people in both Physics and Chem E have to learn Bernoulli equations? Don’t people in both disciplines need to pay attention to detail when working the problems? Granted, you may specialize more as an engineer later in life, I’m talking about learning the subject matter in undergrad.</p>