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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1605: The Rush to Height
Episode 1605
Episode: 1605 The brief race to build very tall buildings: 1885 to 1931. Today, the brief day of the first skyscrapers.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1604: Hydrogen
Episode 1604
Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen -- in 1783.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1603: Old Galileo
Episode 1603
Episode: 1603 Galileo: An old man grieves his daughter and writes his last book. Today, an old man writes his most important book.
3 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2618: Søren Kierkegaard
Episode 2618
Episode: 2618 Søren Kierkegaard: Christian Existentialist. Today, an exit.
4 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3112: Creative Editor
Episode 3112
Episode: 3112 Donald Barthelme: Creative Editor. Today, a sheriff of an editor.
5 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1660: Simple Gifts
Episode 1660
Episode: 1660 Simplicity, complexity, and Shakespeare. Today, Seattle Actor Megan Cole is here to talk about complexity, simplicity, and Shakespeare.
6 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons
Episode 1602
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
1 week ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1601: Dirt
Episode 1601
Episode: 1601 Mother dirt. Today, let's play in the dirt.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1600: Adams’s Education
Episode 1600
Episode: 1600 Henry Adams ponders the Virgin and the Dynamo. science, medieval architecture, Langley, 1900 Paris exhibition, Chartres cathedral.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1599: Urban Archaeology
Episode 1599
Episode: 1599 Urban archaeology: a privy provides a window to the past. Today, history in a trash bin.
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