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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2600: The Mysterious Aviator

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 7, 2023 · Episode #2600: The mysterious Nevil Shute and his Mysterious Aviator. Today, fact, fiction, and futures.

Tags aerial espionage Anne Morrow Lindbergh Breguet 19 Charles Lindbergh deHavilland Comet fascism fiction italy Nevil Shute No Highway On the Beach Ordeal The Mysterious Aviator WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2925: The Francis H Leggett

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 29, 2023 · Episode: 2925 The wreck of the Francis H. Leggett and the question: What makes history interesting? Today, Oregon’s worst shipwreck.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2896: Nadezhda Popova

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 23, 2023 · Episode: 2896 In which Nadezhda Popova beats off the Wehrmacht in a crop-duster. Today, Nadia Popova.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso

Richard H. Armstrong

Posted on September 19, 2023 · Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2876: The Scientists Speak

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 16, 2023 · Episode: 2876 In which engineers and scientists assess their work in 1945. Today, scientists speak as WW-II ends.

Tags atom bomb biology Edwin Hubble Edwin Land future prediction gas-filled light bulb helicopter Igor Sikorsky Irving Langmuir J. Robert Oppenheimer Polaroid T. S. Painter technology assessment Telescope The Scientists Speak Warren Weaver WW-II

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