Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1847: Who Are We?
Posted on · Episode: 1847 Who are we? We are, at least, a collection of cells. Today, who are we?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1844: Horizontal Society
Posted on · Episode: 1844 The Horizontal Society — revealed in an acrostic. Today, the horizontal society.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1843: Multivalued Universes
Posted on · Episode: 1843 So many possible universes consistent with what we see! Today, single — or multi — valued universes.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1842: First Man in Space
Posted on · Episode: 1842 Who was first in space? It depends on what you call space. Today, the first man in space.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1840: Questions and Ignorance
Posted on · Episode: 1840 In praise of asking ignorance-based questions. Today, a new take on ignorance.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1839: William Henry Fox Talbot
Posted on · Episode: 1839 Accentuate the negative: William Henry Fox Talbot. Today, let us accentuate the negative.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1841: Music, Music, Music!
Posted on · Episode: 1841 “All I want is Loving you and Music,Music, Music!” Today, music, music, music!
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1838: Riding the Wave
Posted on · Episode: 1838 The speed of waves: light and sound — oceans and galactic gas. Today, let us ride the waves.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1836: Pulp Fiction Art
Posted on · Episode: 1836 Pulp Fiction Cover Art: In which the picture precedes and follows the story. Today, can we tell a book by its cover?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1837: Distances in Space
Posted on · Episode: 1837 Distances in space: the meaning of inconceivable. Today, how far is the moon?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1835: Revisiting Stirrups
Posted on · Episode: 1835 Lynn White, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Darwin: Beginnings of great ideas. Today, stirrups revisited.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1834: A Billion Heartbeats
Posted on · Episode: 1834 In which all the beasts are allotted one billion heartbeats. Today, a billion heartbeats.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1830: Saturday Magazine
Posted on · Episode: 1830 Reading the 1836 Saturday Magazine. Today, an old magazine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1829: Multiple Authors
Posted on · Episode: 1829 Multiple authors, multiple problems: Whose work is this? Today, whose work is this?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1827: Florman and Smith College
Posted on · Episode: 1827 Samuel Florman, Smith College, and engineering — in the late 1970s. Today, Samuel Florman at Smith College.