Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1643: Athanasius Kircher
Posted on · Episode: 1643 In which Athanasius Kircher softens the 17th-C scientific revolution. Today, — after Galileo.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1589: Pluto (The Planet)
Posted on · Episode: 1589 Pluto: We finally reach the outer fringe of the Solar System. Today, we discover Pluto.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1586: Topsell’s Beasts
Posted on · Episode: 1586 Topsell’s history of four-footed beasts and serpents. Today, a zoology book.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1543: Ceredi’s Pump
Posted on · Episode: 1543 Archimedes’ pump, rediscovered by Ceredi, heralds the new science. Today, meet the person who reinvented Archimedes’ pump.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1542: Francis Bacon
Posted on · Episode: 1542 In which Francis Bacon pushes a strict Aristotelian Agenda. Today, science tries to find its way.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1453: Two Huygens and John Donne
Posted on · Episode: 1453 Christiaan and Constantijn Huygens, and John Donne. Today, a tale of two Huygens and John Donne.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2698: Galileo, the Church, and the Vatican Library
Posted on · Episode: 2698 Galileo, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Vatican Library. Today, of science and scripture.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3114: Indivisibles
Posted on · Episode: 3114 Indivisibles. Today, indivisible.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1320: Intellectual Misdirection
Posted on · Episode: 1320 Intellectual misdirection: looking inside and outside our heads for knowledge. Today, we wonder where to look for our new widget.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2510: Reason in All things
Posted on · Episode 2510: Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1175: The Elizabethans
Posted on · Episode: 1175 The collapse of the Elizabethan renaissance Today, we visit a 400-year-old revolution.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1169 Two Kinds of Structural Design
Posted on · Episode: 1169 From stacked stone to steel: a shift in structural concept Today, we make buildings by stacking stone.