Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1726: The Lunar Society
Posted on · Episode: 1726 The Lunar Society and eighteenth century revolution. Today, let’s drop in on a remarkable gathering.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1646: Who Did What By When?
Posted on · Episode: 1646 Thinking about who had done what by what age. Today, who did what by when?
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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?
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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 1531: Only A Theory
Posted on · Episode: 1531 On restoring the word theory. Today, let’s theorize.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1513: The Accidental Creationist
Posted on · Episode: 1513 The Accidental Creationist: In which science changes with the telling of it. Today, the problem of telling about science.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1371: Soapy Sam and Huxley
Posted on · Episode: 1371 The great evolution war at Oxford in 1860. Today, we join the first major battle in a long war.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1340: Animals and Emotion
Posted on · Episode: 1340 Animals and emotion: figuring out what is obvious. Today, let’s talk to animals.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1154: Adam’s Belly Button
Posted on · Episode: 1154 In which Adam’s navel poses the question of pre-creation history. Today, a silly question about Adam’s navel paves the way for evolution.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1273: Science and Technology in 1852
Posted on · Episode: 1273 Some surprises in the 1852 Annual of Scientific Discovery. Today, an old book takes stock of science and art in 1852.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1270: Wallace’s Line
Posted on · Episode: 1270 Wallace’s line and the evolution of modern humans. Today, we cross Wallace’s line.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1154: Adam’s Belly Button
Posted on · Episode: 1154 In which Adam’s navel poses the question of pre-creation history Today, a silly question about Adam’s navel paves the way for evolution.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1150: Arguing Racism
Posted on · Episode: 1150 Arguing racism: Time for rational, rather than moral, arguments Today, we analyze racism.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3053: Music and the Brain
Posted on · Episode: 3053 Music and the Brain Today, this is your brain on music.