Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2101: Maupertuis
Posted on · Episode: 2101: Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis: a flattened Earth, and the Principle of Least Action. Today, least action and a flattened Earth.
Tag: geography
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2594: Ptolemy’s Geographia
Posted on · Episode: 2594 Mapping the World: Ptolemy’s Geographia. Today, a man and a map.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1590: The Great Wall of China
Posted on · Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China — a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1536: Old Airports
Posted on · Episode: 1536 A seventy-year old picture of transcontinental flight. Today, let’s fly across American in 1930.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1501: Horizontal Diffusion
Posted on · Episode: 1501 The orientation of continents determines their development. Today, the advantage of being horizontal.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1462: Jedidiah Morse
Posted on · Episode: 1462 Jedidiah Morse, geographer and Samuel F. B. Morse’s father. Today, Jedidiah Morse’s geography.
Houston Matters
The Geography Of Genius: Why Do Some Places Spawn Great Ideas?
Posted on · Former NPR correspondent Eric Weiner talks about his book, The Geography of Genius.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2594: Ptolemy’s Geographia
Posted on · Episode: 2594 Mapping the World: Ptolemy's Geographia. Today, a man and a map.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1350: Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on · Episode: 1350 Vespucci and the naming of America. Today, we name America.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1250: Water in the Desert
Posted on · Episode: 1250 Qanats: ancient watercourses, heroic constructions. Today, we talk about qanats. (Betcha don’t know what a qanat is!)
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1241: Looking for Franklin
Posted on · Episode: 1241 The search for Franklin and the search for the Northwest Passage. Today, we go looking for a lost explorer.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1204: Baron Von Humboldt
Posted on · Episode: 1204 Baron von Humboldt’s remarkable exploration of Meso-America Today, a nearly forgotten hero.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1192: Black Sea
Posted on · Episode: 1192 In which a deluge transforms the Black Sea — and farming Today, let’s ride the wake of an old old flood.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1150: Arguing Racism
Posted on · Episode: 1150 Arguing racism: Time for rational, rather than moral, arguments Today, we analyze racism.