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  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper
    2024/11/20
    Episode: 1983 Inventing the newspaper in seventeenth-century England. Today, our guest, historian Cathy Patterson reports on the invention of the newspaper.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs
    2024/11/19
    Episode: 2502 Computer assisted proofs: How machines extend our mind's reach. Today, let's ask how computers help us see mathematical truths.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1282: Window Glass

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1282: Window Glass
    2024/11/18
    Episode: 1282 The development of the seemingly uncomplicated window pane. Today, we learn to make window panes.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1281: A Window on the Huguenots

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1281: A Window on the Huguenots
    2024/11/17
    Episode: 1281 An old religious tract provides a window upon the Huguenots. Today, an old book and a new look at creativity and dissent.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1280: Visual Display of Information

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1280: Visual Display of Information
    2024/11/16
    Episode: 1280 On making data tell their story. Today, let's figure out how to plot a graph.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1279: Kater’s Applied Mechanics

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1279: Kater’s Applied Mechanics
    2024/11/15
    Episode: 1279 Two Newtons, an old mechanics text, and the fight against slavery. Today, a moving bit of marginalia.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2384: Sway

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2384: Sway
    2024/11/14
    Episode: 2384 Swaying wooden roller coasters. Today, we sway.
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    4 分
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2487: Von Neuman, Computers, and Brains

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2487: Von Neuman, Computers, and Brains
    2024/11/13
    Episode: 2487 John von Neumann's ideas on the similarities and differences of computers and brains. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about brains, computers and John von Neumann.
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    4 分