DescriptionSalary: $50,001 or more per year
: Perform a variety of engineering work in designing, constructing,
and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied
research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and
manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition at http://www.bls.gov/OCO/
Any career in any scientific or engineering fields will require both basic and advanced math. Without math to determine principles, calculate dimensions and limits, explore variations, prove concepts, etc. there would be no cell phones, TVs, stereos, video games, microwave ovens, computers, or virtually anything electronic. There would be no bridges, tunnels, roads, skyscrapers, automobiles, ships, planes, rockets or most things mechanical. There would be no metals beyond the common, like iron and copper, no plastics, no synthetics. In short, we'd most likely still be cave-dwellers without the use of math throughout the centuries and into the future. - firstname.lastname@example.org (Rich Fro)