Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1573: Donatello In Time
Posted on · Episode: 1573 Donatello: Of his age or for all time? Today, we ask: Of an age, or of all time?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1572: High-Pressure Steam Engines
Posted on · Episode: 1572 High-pressure steam engines and transportation. Today, the first locomotive.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1570: A New Light Bulb
Posted on · Episode: 1570 GE, light bulbs, and the product-driven innovation cycle. Today, we talk about light bulbs and product innovation.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1569: Alkahest
Posted on · Episode: 1569 Alkahest, the universal solvent. Today, we look for the universal solvent.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1568: The Age of the Earth
Posted on · Episode: 1568 Lord Kelvin’s miscalculation of the age of the earth. Today, a Victorian scientist miscalculates the age of the earth.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1576: Christopher Wren, Physician
Posted on · Episode: 1576 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine. Today, an unexpected student of medicine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1566: Glottochronology
Posted on · Episode: 1566 Glottochronology: In which language decays like carbon-14. Today, a new word for you: glottochronology.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1565: Hysplex
Posted on · Episode: 1565 Using the hysplex to start an ancient Greek foot race. Today, we learn how to start a foot race.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1564: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Posted on · Episode 1564: The Second Law of Thermodynamics and time’s arrow. Today, we see why time goes only from then to now.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1563: Toys
Posted on · Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys. Today, we play with toys.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Vigevano
Posted on · Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war — almost.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1561: Herbert J. L. Hinkler
Posted on · Episode: 1561 ‘Hustling Hinkler, Up in the Sky’ – an early Australian flier leaves his mark. Today, an odd hero of early aviation.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1560: Narrow Perception
Posted on · Episode: 1560 In which we ‘look’ at the world through a narrow slit. Today, we look at the world through a narrow slit.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1559: The Oldest Technology
Posted on · Episode: 1559 Music-making: the first technology. Today, we look for the oldest technology.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1558: We O’ercome By Art
Posted on · Episode: 1558 Mastered by nature, we o’ercome by art – then as now. Today, an old debate in a new arena.