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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1930: Durability of Writing

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 11, 2020 · Episode: 1930 In which languages die out, but the letters live on. Today, the durability of writing.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1643: Athanasius Kircher

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 27, 2019 · Episode: 1643 In which Athanasius Kircher softens the 17th-C scientific revolution. Today, — after Galileo.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1134: Linear B

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on March 23, 2016 · Episode: 1134 Linear A and Linear B: Decoding the old Minoan scripts Today, we struggle to read what our ancestors are saying to us.

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