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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3279: The Shadow of an Idea

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 19, 2022 · Episode: 3279 The machine as the physical shadow of the idea. Today, the shadow of an idea.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2768: Cooking by Radio

Posted on May 16, 2023 · Episode: 2768 Percy Spencer and the microwave oven. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker considers the Microwave Oven.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2521: Radical Buildings

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 12, 2023 · Episode: 2521 The Stata Center, Caligari’s Cabinet, and radical buildings. Today, radical buildings.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2494: Ginning Cotton

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 18, 2023 · Episode: 2494 Inventing the cotton gin: More to it than we thought. Today, we gin cotton.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2417: Kill-Devil Hills

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 28, 2022 · Episode: 2417 Kill Devil Hill: the texture of the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment. Today, we watch invention unfolding.

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