Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1992: Oxford, Harvey and Willis
Posted on · Episode: 1992 Harvey and Willis at Oxford during the English Civil War. Today, Oxford after war.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1972: Baghdad Batteries
Posted on · Episode: 1972 Sorting out the mystery of the Baghdad Batteries. Today, electricity in the ancient world?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1103: How We Die
Posted on · Episode: 1103 How We Die: A surgeon comes to terms with death. Today, a doctor reflects on death and the machinery of sustaining life.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1712: Nightingale’s Graph
Posted on · Episode: 1712 Florence Nightingale’s graph: Learning what really happened. Today, Florence Nightingale draws a graph.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1955: Stahl, Phlogiston, and Anima
Posted on · Episode: 1955 Stahl, Phlogiston, Anima, and Understanding. Today, heat as substance.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1527: Polio and Clean Water
Posted on · Episode: 1527 How Clean Water triggered the Great Polio Epidemics. Today, we wonder where polio came from.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1945: Jeffries Wyman
Posted on · Episode: 1945 Jeffries Wyman: Science at its quiet best. Today, a quiet academic.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs
Posted on · Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1341: Physiology in 1872
Posted on · Episode: 1341 A view of physiology in 1872 — not that long ago. Today, let’s look at medicine when my grandfather was young.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2511: Nostrums and Quackery
Posted on · Episode: 2511 An Early 20th-century crackdown on medical quacks. Today, quack medicine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1916: Anesthesia in 1848
Posted on · Episode: 1916 An inside look at the use of anesthesia in 1848. Today, anesthesia in 1848.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1014: War on Disease
Posted on · Episode: 1014 Making war on disease: a tricky business. Today, total war proves to be a dangerous business.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1917: Etienne Jules Marey
Posted on · Episode: 1917 In which Etienne Jules Marey tries to copy the animals. Today, we try to build machines that work like animals.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1863: Alexis Carrel
Posted on · Episode: 1863 Alexis Carrel, the murky pioneer of organ transplants. Today, a president killed, and a Nobel Prize given.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1769: Niels Finsen
Posted on · Episode: 1769 Niels Finsen: A Nobel Prize for Photo Therapy. Today, light and healing.