Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2115: The Color of Water
Posted on · Episode: 2115 The color of water, the color of air, the color of God. Today, let’s measure the color of water.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2063: Edward Youmans
Posted on · Episode: 2063 Edward Youmans and 19th-century American education. Today, education in the outback.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2051: Music to Fill the Room
Posted on · Episode: 2051 In which we rediscover how to fit the music to the room. Today, music fills a room.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1760: The Christmas Lectures
Posted on · Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday’s Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1959: Tyndall, Mayer, & Forebearance
Posted on · Episode: 1959 In which John Tyndall cuts through conflict to recognize both Mayer and Joule. Today, a nineteenth-century message for our times.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1870: Tyndall as Teacher
Posted on · Episode: 1870 John Tyndall as teacher: the metaphor of the mountain. Today, ice and snow — mountains and learning.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1670: Tyndall and Sound
Posted on · Episode: 1670 John Tyndall: measuring sound without electronics. Today, how did people measure sound in the nineteenth century?