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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1986: Simon Newcomb & Galaxies

Posted on January 18, 2021 · Episode: 1986 A reflection on Simon Newcomb and the word Galaxy. Today, beyond the Milky Way.

Posted on October 29, 2020 · Episode: 3085 Einstein’s Bigger Deal. Today Einstein's bigger deal.

Posted on October 4, 2020 · Episode: 1939 Simplicity on the other side of complexity: The standard deviation. Today, complex simplicity.

Posted on September 29, 2020 · Episode: 3070 Leon Theremin’s Remarkable Music Machine. Today, an aural oddity.

Posted on August 13, 2020 · Episode: 3059 Vera Rubin and Dark Matter. Today, that which can't be seen.

Posted on June 28, 2020 · Episode: 1899 Kurt Gödel: A mathematician brings us down to earth. Today, a mathematician brings us down to earth.

Posted on June 21, 2020 · Episode: 1893 Satyendranath Bose, quantum physics pioneer and Indian hero. Today, Satyendranath Bose.

Posted on May 24, 2020 · Episode: 1879 Living in the present: an impossible goal. Today, we look for Right Now.

Posted on February 11, 2020 · Episode: 3021 Einstein’s Authenticity. Today, was Einstein's work his own?

Posted on October 25, 2019 · Episode: 1765 In which it takes time for gravity to reach us. Today, the speed of gravity.

Posted on July 17, 2019 · Episode: 1719 Edgar Allen Poe’s amazing cosmology. Today, gothic cosmology.

Posted on May 8, 2019 · Episode: 1681 The Literary Digest tells us about science in 1904. Today, a bright new century.

Posted on March 27, 2019 · Episode: 1657 In which nature multiplies outcomes. Today, nature and multiplication.

Posted on March 6, 2019 · Episode: 1646 Thinking about who had done what by what age. Today, who did what by when?

Posted on August 1, 2018 · Episode: 1547 Mystery at the threshhold of the Twentieth Century. Today, let’s reclaim mystery.