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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 1541: History and Horseshoe Nails
Episode 1541
Episode: 1541 Do 'Horseshoe Nails' really alter human history? Today, we ask if horseshoe nails are real.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1540: The Ironclad Turtle
Episode 1540
Episode: 1540 The Korean Turtle Boat - the first ironclad. Today, we meet a turtle with an iron shell.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2572: Melville and Anna Bissell
Episode 2572
Episode: 2572 Melville and Anna Bissell and the Carpet Sweeper. Today, a husband and wife engineer success.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3363: Reinforcement Learning
Episode 3363
Episode: 3363 Richard Sutton and reinforcement learning. Today, reinforcement learning.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3362: The Engineering Magazine
Episode 3362
Episode: 3362 A 1914 Engineering Magazine teaches us much about the evolution of our technology. Today, a revealing old magazine.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3361: Ravens in Thin Air
Episode 3361
Episode: 3361 The versatile, intelligent, Raven has much to teach us. Today, ravens in thin air.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1539: Boundary Layers
Episode 1539
Episode: 1539 In which a thin layer of fluid determines whether an airplane flies. Today, a wind blows by us.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1538: The Face of a Century
Episode 1538
Episode: 1538 In which the various centuries show their faces. Today, we ask what a century looks like.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1537: Life on the Moon
Episode 1537
Episode: 1537 John Wilkins talks about life on the Moon, in 1638. Today, life on the moon.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2570: Celebrating Human Ingenuity
Episode 2570
Episode: 2570 Celebrating Human Ingenuity. Today, a story in two parts.
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