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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2214: John Edward Routh

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 22, 2022 · Episode: 2214 John Edward Routh: Statics then and now. Today, two textbooks.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2446: Limits of Logic

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