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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients
Episode 1520
Episode: 1520 In which automobile makers gradually learn aerodynamics. Today, aerodynamics and automobiles.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2555: Google Books
Episode 2555
Episode: 2555 The brave new world of digitizing books for the Web. Today, this old book.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness
Episode 2862
Episode: 2862 Randomness out of Nothingness. Today, let's talk about how to pick random numbers out of thin air.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3349: Inhuman Distances
Episode 3349
Episode: 3349 The Inhuman Distances of the Speed of Light. Today, inhuman distances.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1519: Seeing Around the Corner
Episode 1519
Episode: 1519 Learning to acquire knowledge and create it at the same time. Today, we wonder where knowledge comes from.
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1518: Looking for Reality
Episode 1518
Episode: 1518 A concern about computers and the redefinition of reality. Today, we try to tell fact from fiction.
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1517: A Tripartite Bridge
Episode 1517
Episode: 1517 The very odd bridge that Roebling almost built. Today, a strange bridge.
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1516: Saving the Lore
Episode 1516
Episode: 1516 In which we must save the lore as well as the plants. Today, we have to save more than the endangered plants.
2 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2554: Slogans and Jingles
Episode 2554
Episode: 2554 The Creativity of Slogans and Jingles. Today, "think different."
2 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3090: Friedrich Richard Petri
Episode 3090
Episode: 3090 Friedrich Richard Petri. Today, drawing the frontier.
2 months ago