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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 3392: Orientalism
Episode 3392
Episode: 3392 The Rise of Orientalism and its crescendo in the Roaring ‘20s. Today, strange happenings in the 1920s.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3391: Project Mohole
Episode 3391
Episode: 3391 In which Project Mohole looks inside Earth while Sputnik reaches outside. Today, Inner Space versus Outer Space.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1608: Members in Tension
Episode 1608
Episode: 1608 Three scale models of structures, with vastly different weights. Today, we design for tension.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1607: Fire Control
Episode 1607
Episode: 1607 Continuous-aim firing: a diagnosis of an ill-received idea. Today, we aim a gun from a rocking platform.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1606: The Skycity
Episode 1606
Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight. Today, the skycity.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2622: Watson
Episode 2622
Episode: 2622 Watson: A computer system that plays Jeopardy!. Today, Jeopardy!.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3390: Big Thicket Preserve
Episode 3390
Episode: 3390 Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve. Today, Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3389: Carlo Antonio Testore
Episode 3389
Episode: 3389 In which Carlo Antonio Testore’s violins and other stringed instruments show him to be a different kind of Luthier. Today, a luthier …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3388: Omar Khayyam
Episode 3388
Episode: 3388 Let us see how much Omar Khayyam accomplished, beyond his having inspired poet Edward FitzGerald. Today, Omar Khayyam.
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The 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.
1 month, 4 weeks ago