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Strike the Match, Part 1
Mastery of fire was one of humanity’s greatest technological leaps forward, but even the ability to create fire only gets you so far if the flame is not easily generated and/or transferred. Thus, the millennia-spanning q...
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Strike the Match, Part 1 is an episode from Invention by iHeartPodcasts. Mastery of fire was one of humanity’s greatest technological leaps forward, but even the ability to create fire only gets you so far if the flame is not easily generat...
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Published Jan 27, 2020, 53:56 long, audio available.
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Mastery of fire was one of humanity’s greatest technological leaps forward, but even the ability to create fire only gets you so far if the flame is not easily generated and/or transferred. Thus, the millennia-spanning quest to create the subtle technology we so easily take for granted: the modern matchstick. Join Robert and Joe for a multi-episode Invention exploration on fire-generation technology. Learn more about your ad-choices at
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Strike the Match, Part 1 is an episode from Invention by iHeartPodcasts.
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Strike the Match, Part 1 is from Invention by iHeartPodcasts.
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Published Jan 27, 2020 and 53:56 long