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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships
Episode 1525
Episode: 1525 Liberty ships: an amateur takes over the trade. Today, an amateur builds ships.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire
Episode 1524
Episode: 1524 The other great fire of 1871: Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Today, the other great fire.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses
Episode 1523
Episode: 1523 On saying goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses. Today, we say goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2556: Hilbert and Euclid’s Elements
Episode 2556
Episode: 2556 Euclid's Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3352: A Taste of Orange
Episode 3352
Episode: 3352 A Taste of Orange. Today we are "Tasting Orange".
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3350: Pickering’s Harem
Episode 3350
Episode: 3350 Today honoring a special group of women scientists. Pickering’s Harem.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3351: Crossbow
Episode 3351
Episode: 3351 The curious struggle of the Crossbow. History is full of instances where armies cling to outmoded weapons.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1522: Fifty Years in the Future
Episode 1522
Episode: 1522 A 1950 prediction of technology in the year 2000. Today, we go fifty years into the future.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Episode 1521
Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients
Episode 1520
Episode: 1520 In which automobile makers gradually learn aerodynamics. Today, aerodynamics and automobiles.
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