Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1918: Fairness
Posted on · Episode: 1918 Cooperation and fairness: Enforcing the Golden Rule. Today, we put teeth in the Golden Rule.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1915: A Walk Up-Town
Posted on · Episode: 1915 A walk through lower Manhattan in 1900. Today, a walk up-town.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1014: War on Disease
Posted on · Episode: 1014 Making war on disease: a tricky business. Today, total war proves to be a dangerous business.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1917: Etienne Jules Marey
Posted on · Episode: 1917 In which Etienne Jules Marey tries to copy the animals. Today, we try to build machines that work like animals.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1914: Cal Rodgers and Vin Fiz
Posted on · Episode: 1914 Cal Rodgers and the great Vin Fiz trans-America flight. Today, we fly across America — for the first time.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1913: Inventing the Street
Posted on · Episode: 1913 The medieval invention of the city street. Today, we invent the city street.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1911: Submarines in 1915
Posted on · Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace. Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1910: ‘Abbas Ibn Firnas
Posted on · Episode: 1910 Ibn Firnas and an airplane in Andalusia. Today, an airplane in Andalusia.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1908: Blombos Cave
Posted on · Episode: 1908 In which Blombos Cave triples the length of the Upper Paleolithic Era. Today, let’s visit Blombos Cave.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1909: What’s the Problem?
Posted on · Episode: 1909 Where does the technical/scientific literacy problem really lie? Today, we ask, “What’s the problem?”
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1907: Earlier Than We Think
Posted on · Episode: 1907 It is Earlier Than We Think. The road ahead is longer than we thought. Today, it is earlier than we think.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1905: La Tapisserie de Bayeux
Posted on · Episode: 1905 The Bayeux Tapestry, a comic book history of 11th-century France. Today, the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1906: Cats in Ancient Cyprus
Posted on · Episode: 1906 A cat in Cyprus — five thousand years too soon. Today, a cat in Cyprus.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1904: The Wilkes Expedition
Posted on · Episode: 1904 Wilkes five-year Odyssey — beauty and turmoil. Today, Wilkes’ journey.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1902: Heat in the Shadow of Rouen
Posted on · Episode: 1902 Heat in the Shadow of Rouen Cathedral. Today, heat and cold in Rouen.