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Episode: 3381 The last ride of NASA’s Shuttle carrier, N905NA. Today, the last Shuttle-carrier.
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Episode: 3381 The last ride of NASA’s Shuttle carrier, N905NA. Today, the last Shuttle-carrier.

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Episode: 1591 Baroque violins and the notion of a completed technology. Today, let's talk about complete technologies.

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Episode: 2606 More Beautiful Books: revisiting books by the foot. Today, the measure of a book.

Episode: 2901 Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics. Today, let's talk about Norbert Wiener and cybernetics.

Episode: 2888 The Strength Through Joy Car: Hitler's Volkswagen and American Consumer Culture. Today, the "strength through joy" car.

Episode: 1589 Pluto: We finally reach the outer fringe of the Solar System. Today, we discover Pluto.

Episode: 1588 The Nieuport 17, early harbinger of the finished WW-I fighter. Today, a case history of technological change.

Episode: 1587 In which airplanes gradually learn to wage war. Today, we turn plowshares into swords.

Episode: 1586 Topsell's history of four-footed beasts and serpents. Today, a zoology book.

Episode: 2603 Correlation and Risk: When more egg baskets don't help. Today, eggs and baskets.

Episode: 2893 How the batteries work; The electrodes and electrolytes; The Wonders of Electrochemistry. Today, the magic of batteries.

Episode: 3380 What underlies a term from physics: Ergodic (or Ergodicity). Today, let us steal a word from physics.

Episode: 3379 A look at the overarching meaning of the word “ Gestalt .” Today, a curious word: Gestalt .

Episode: 1585 In which the elephant Prathida teaches me about dissonance and Christmas. Today, dissonance, elephants, and the holiday season...

Episode: 1584 Hugo Distler: Beleaguered pioneer of twentieth century music. Today, the brief moment of a musical genius.

Episode: 1583 Glide Bombs and the unrevealed Rohna disaster. Today, the weapon we didn't know about.

Episode: 2599 The Art of Attraction: Imagery from Strange Attractors. Today, the art of attraction.

Episode: 2670 The Expanded Human Habitat: Our Solar System as a Defining Environment. Today, we expand the notion of environment.