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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1552: Global Warming Again
Episode 1552
Episode: 1552 The ocean - the wild card in global warming. Today, we wonder how things are really heating up.
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1551: Inventing the Piano
Episode 1551
Episode: 1551 In which Gary Larson tells us the piano was invented earlier than we thought. oday, a lesson in invention from the Far Side.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2578: Water Towers
Episode 2578
Episode: 2578 The Wonders of Water Towers. Today, water flows downhill.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2864: Bayes’ Theorem
Episode 2864
Episode: 2864 The theorem of Reverend Bayes. Today, let's talk about uncertainty and an 18th century Presbyterian minister.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3247: The Prouste Questionnaire
Episode 3247
Episode: 3247 Proust, Turing, and the Measure of Humanity. Today, we go from Turing to Proust.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1550: Finding the Book
Episode 1550
Episode: 1550 Making a book of The Engines of Our Ingenuity. Today, we wonder how to make a book.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1549: Comptus Rendus, 1836
Episode 1549
Episode: 1549 Compte Rendus, 1836: a snapshot of science at high tide. Today, we read modern science when it was first being made.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1547: Ripe for Revolution
Episode 1547
Episode: 1547 Mystery at the threshhold of the Twentieth Century. Today, let's reclaim mystery.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1546: Max Jakob
Episode 1546
Episode: 1546 Max Jakob: a breath of fresh air in a new land. Today, a great engineer escapes the Holocaust.
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2576: Screw Caps for Wine
Episode 2576
Episode: 2576 Are screw caps good for wine? Today, a turn of the screw.
1 month, 4 weeks ago