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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 27, 2017 · Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.

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