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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar
Posted on · Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar Today, not-so-shining armor.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2472: Julia Child
Posted on · Episode: 2472 Julia Child: Kitchen Innovator Today, bon appétit!
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3080: The First Marathon and the Olympics of 1896
Posted on · Episode: 3080 The First Marathon and the Athens Olympics of 1896 Today, we run through the history of the marathon.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3078: Restoring the Parthenon
Posted on · Episode: 3078 Restoring the Parthenon: The Acropolis Restoration Service and 40+ Years of Hard Work Today, how to rebuild a ruin.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1196: Batting 400
Posted on · Episode: 1196 Reflections on batting 400, evolution, economics, and diversity Today, what do batting averages, evolution, and the economy have in common?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3077: The Battle of Navarino
Posted on · Episode: 3077 When is a Victory not a Victory? The Battle of Navarino Today, we ask: when is a victory not a victory?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3075: Thucydides, Democracy and Hope
Posted on · Episode: 3075 Thucydides, Democracy, and Hope Today, the problem of hope.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2458: The Container Port of Houston
Posted on · Episode: 2458 A Visit to the Container Port of Houston Today, working on the dock of the bay.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3068: Birch Trees
Posted on · Episode: 3068 Birch: The tree honored across the North, and the true subtance of the Spruce Goose Today, Birch Goose.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1172: Conservation
Posted on · Episode: 1172 Trying to conserve mass, energy, momentum — and order Today, a thought about conservation and the environment.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1168: Voltaire and Science
Posted on · Episode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1165: Count Rumford
Posted on · Episode: 1165 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy Today, we meet a Bavarian count who was born in colonial Massachusetts.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Posted on · Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden’s Suffocation of the Mother (1603) Today, wombs and witchcraft.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2931: Reading Cosmo
Posted on · Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine Today, a great American magazine.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1153: Grosseteste and Bacon
Posted on · 1153 Grosseteste, Bacon, and the rise of realism Today, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, and cyberspace.