In field names the narrower specialty an engineer actually worked within their broader field. Wikipedia notes Tesla is remembered specifically for "contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system," a specialty inside electrical engineering rather than the whole discipline. This dimension groups engineers who share the same narrow specialty.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
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The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Nanotechnology
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The concepts that seeded nanotechnology were first discussed in 1959 by physicist Richard Feynman in his talk There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, in which he described the possibility of synthesis via direct manipulation of atoms.
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