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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 30, 2016 · Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar Today, not-so-shining armor.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2472: Julia Child

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 16, 2016 · Episode: 2472 Julia Child: Kitchen Innovator Today, bon appétit!

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3080: The First Marathon and the Olympics of 1896

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 9, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3078: Restoring the Parthenon

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 2, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1196: Batting 400

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 27, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3077: The Battle of Navarino

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 26, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3075: Thucydides, Democracy and Hope

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 19, 2016 · Episode: 3075 Thucydides, Democracy, and Hope Today, the problem of hope.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2458: The Container Port of Houston

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on June 21, 2016 · Episode: 2458 A Visit to the Container Port of Houston Today, working on the dock of the bay.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3068: Birch Trees

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on June 8, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1172: Conservation

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on June 3, 2016 · Episode: 1172 Trying to conserve mass, energy, momentum — and order Today, a thought about conservation and the environment.

Tags ecology entropy law of physics second thermodynamics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1168: Voltaire and Science

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on May 27, 2016 · Episode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.

Tags Candide declaration independence industrial literature of philosophy revolution

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1165: Count Rumford

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on May 20, 2016 · 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 Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on May 10, 2016 · Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden’s Suffocation of the Mother (1603) Today, wombs and witchcraft.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2931: Reading Cosmo

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on April 26, 2016 · Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine Today, a great American magazine.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1153: Grosseteste and Bacon

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on April 25, 2016 · 1153 Grosseteste, Bacon, and the rise of realism Today, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, and cyberspace.

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