Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2100: Mpemba Effect
Posted on · Episode: 2100 The Mpemba Effect: heating water to make it freeze faster. Today, another look at an old claim.
Tag: thermodynamics
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2092: Is Thermodynamics a Science?
Posted on · Episode: 2092 Is thermodynamics a science, or it is only derived from physics? Today, we wonder what makes a science.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3259: A Treason to Yield
Posted on · Episode: 3259 Conceding error — a treason to yield. Today, we resist reason.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2017: Stretching
Posted on · Episode: 2017 In which we S-T-R-E-T-C-H our imaginations. Today, let us stretch out imaginations.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1955: Stahl, Phlogiston, and Anima
Posted on · Episode: 1955 Stahl, Phlogiston, Anima, and Understanding. Today, heat as substance.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1902: Heat in the Shadow of Rouen
Posted on · Episode: 1902 Heat in the Shadow of Rouen Cathedral. Today, heat and cold in Rouen.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1863: Alexis Carrel
Posted on · Episode: 1863 Alexis Carrel, the murky pioneer of organ transplants. Today, a president killed, and a Nobel Prize given.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1834: A Billion Heartbeats
Posted on · Episode: 1834 In which all the beasts are allotted one billion heartbeats. Today, a billion heartbeats.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1800: All-Embracing Sciences
Posted on · Episode: 1800 A concern about sciences that encompass everything. Today, a single science for all things?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1796: Blow Hot; Blow Cold
Posted on · Episode: 1796 Thoughts on blowing hot and cold. Today, let us blow hot and cold.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1782: Human Energy
Posted on · Episode: 1782 Thoughts about energy and the human motor. Today, human energy.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1768: On the Cutting-Room Floor
Posted on · Episode: 1768 On the cutting room floor — When we don’t have the rest of the story. Today, let us pick up some loose ends.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1764: Temperature
Posted on · Episode: 1764 In which we wonder just what our thermometer measures. Today, we ask what temperature is.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1746: Evaporation
Posted on · Episode: 1746 In which a water glass lets me know that things are not as bad as they seem. Today, I learn from a water glass as I come out of sleep.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1732: E. M. Forster & Thermodynamics
Posted on · Episode: 1732 E. M. Forster thinks about Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and Thermodynamics. Today, E. M Forster, Voltaire, and thermodynamics.