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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3275: A Sister in Science

Catherine Patterson

Posted on June 28, 2022 · Episode: 3275 Katherine Boyle Jones, a Sister of the Scientific Revolution. Today, a sister of the Scientific Revolution.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1068: Imitating Nature

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Posted on November 18, 2023 · Episode: 1068 On trying to copy nature — harder than you might think. Today, we try to copy Mother Nature.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2624: Saugus Alchemy

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 26, 2023 · Episode: 2624 John Winthrop, jr. brings Christian Alchemy to an ironworks on the Saugus. Today, iron and alchemy in the Plymouth Colony.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2593: John Lennard Jones

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · Episode: 2593 John Edward Lennard Jones, and how molecules act upon one another. Today, who was Lennard Jones?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2532: Fanny Kemble

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Posted on March 24, 2023 · Episode: 2532 Fanny Kemble, technology, and London’s circle of radical intellectual women. Today, another kind of radical.

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