The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1569: Alkahest
Episode: 1569 Alkahest , the universal solvent. Today, we look for the universal solvent.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity
The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.
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20 of 112 episodesThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1568: The Age of the Earth
Episode: 1568 Lord Kelvin's miscalculation of the age of the earth. Today, a Victorian scientist miscalculates the age of the earth.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2591: Instant Runoff Voting
Episode: 2591 Instant runoff voting and the Academy Awards. Today, what's best?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2885: Big Numbers
Episode: 2885 Very Large Numbers. Today, let's talk about very large numbers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3372: Gaslighting
Episode: 3372 Rhetoric, Objectivity, and Gaslighting. Today, we flip the switch on “gaslight.”
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3371: Mary Colter
Episode: 3371 The creative work and relative anonymity of Mary Coulter, and her Native American architecturally themed designs. Today, meet...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1567: Christopher Wren, Physician
Episode: 1567 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine. Today, an unexpected student of medicine.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1566: Glottochronology
Episode: 1566 Glottochronology: In which language decays like carbon-14. Today, a new word for you: glottochronology .
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1565: Hysplex
Episode: 1565 Using the hysplex to start an ancient Greek foot race. Today, we learn how to start a foot race.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2588: Synthetic Sound Waves
Episode: 2588 Synthetic Sound Waves. Today, the sound of music.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3370: Poetic Meter
Episode: 3370 A Look at Poetry and the Importance of Rhythmic Metre. Today, the rhythm of poetry.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3369: Tiny Living Factories
Episode: 3369 Small cells and microorganism that behave like living factories. Today, tiny living factories.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3368: Reality
Episode: 3368 The possibility that there exists a reality out of reach of any human science. Today, we wonder what’s real.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1564: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Episode: 1564 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and time's arrow. Today, we see why time goes only from then to now.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Viegevano
Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war -- almost.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1561: Herbert J. L. Hinkler
Episode: 1561 'Hustling Hinkler, Up in the Sky' - an early Australian flier leaves his mark. Today, an odd hero of early aviation.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2585: Measuring Race Times
Episode: 2585 The technology of timing races. Today, who won that race?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2942: Hilton Hotels in Space
Episode: 2942 Hilton Hotels in Space. Today, we reach for the stars.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros an...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1560: Narrow Perception
Episode: 1560 In which we 'look' at the world through a narrow slit. Today, we look at the world through a narrow slit.
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