Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1555: Hypatia Revisited
Posted on · Episode: 1555 Looking behind the stories for the real Hypatia. Today, looking for the person behind the story.
Tag: Ptolemy
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthenes’s Diameter of the Earth
Posted on · Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes’s 2200 year old calculation of Earth’s size. Today, we measure the earth.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1422: Alexandria
Posted on · Episode: 1422 Technology in Alexandria, ca. 200 BC. Today, a 2200-year-old age of invention.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2594: Ptolemy’s Geographia
Posted on · Episode: 2594 Mapping the World: Ptolemy's Geographia. Today, a man and a map.