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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1668: A Vocabulary of Science

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 17, 2019 · Episode: 1668 Scientific instruments creating a new rhetoric. Today, new sciences, new languages.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1653: Aeolian Vibration

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 18, 2019 · Episode: 1653 Aeolian harps, transmission wires, and vortex wakes. Today, the Aeolian harp.

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