Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1514: The Resistance Movement
Posted on · Episode: 1514 The resistance movement: a look at ongoing evolution. Today, we watch creatures evolving around us.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1944: Ruth Elder
Posted on · Episode: 1944 Ruth Elder: A forgotten activist on an old postcard. Today, an odd postcard.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1943: “Modern” Blacksmithing in 1902
Posted on · Episode: 1943 “Modern” Blacksmithing in 1902. Today, we learn blacksmithing.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs
Posted on · Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1942: The Power of Air and Steam
Posted on · Episode: 1942 Before the steam engine: seeing solidity in air and steam. Today, we just begin to invent the steam engine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1938: Discovering Air
Posted on · Episode: 1938 Three M-names help us to understand air: Meeting the Zeitgiest. Today, we learn what air is made of.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1341: Physiology in 1872
Posted on · Episode: 1341 A view of physiology in 1872 — not that long ago. Today, let’s look at medicine when my grandfather was young.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1939: Complex Simplicity
Posted on · Episode: 1939 Simplicity on the other side of complexity: The standard deviation. Today, complex simplicity.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1937: Flying to Hawaii
Posted on · Episode: 1937 The Great, and deadly, After-the-Fact, Flying-to-Hawaii, Race. Today, we fly to Hawaii.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites
Posted on · Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1936: Electric Toy Making
Posted on · Episode: 1936 Making electric toys in 1891. Today, we make electric toys.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1935: Wilson, Before Audubon
Posted on · Episode: 1935 Alexander Wilson, America’s ornithologist before Audubon. Today, an unlikely ornithologist.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism
Posted on · Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing. Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1931: Wu Ting-Fang in America
Posted on · Episode: 1931 Chinese diplomat Wu Ting-Fang looks at America in 1914. Today, Wu Ting-Fang looks at America.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1934: Somerville, Curiosity, and Learning
Posted on · Episode: 1934 Mary Fairfax Somerville: a wild child teaches us about learning. Today, a wild young girl becomes a great scientist.