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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3269: Cyanotype

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 23, 2022 · Episode: 3269 Blueprint: Once a thing, now only a metaphor. Today, a thing lingers as a metaphor.

Tags blueprint botanist botany Carolyn Herschel cyan cyanotype dark blue diazo drafting draftsman drawing board etymology John Herschel kyanos language metaphor metaphorical photography T-Square tracing boys William Herschel

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Posted on March 21, 2023 · With a camera in tow, photographer and artist Adam Kyle Jackson seeks out severe weather to capture images of Mother Nature at her worst.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2724: Let’s Be Pedants

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 14, 2023 · Episode: 2724 Let’s be pedants — well, insofar as language allows. Today, let’s be pedants.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1660: Simple Gifts

Posted on March 7, 2023 · Episode: 1660 Simplicity, complexity, and Shakespeare (with guest Megan Cole). Today, a treat.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2425: Sketches

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 4, 2022 · Episode: 2425 In which the Smithsonian Institution celebrates sketching. Today, we make sketches.

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