Author: Dr. John Lienhard

Episode: 1439 A capital ship on an ocean trip: a reflection on battleships.  Today, let's talk about battleships.

Episode: 1438 The story of a failed airplane design -- the XP-75.  Today, we try to build a perfect airplane.

Episode: 1436 Adding it up in 1910: A book grapples with the coming 20th century.  Today, a world prepares to be transformed.

Episode: 1435 Rudolf Diesel, his engine, and a look at invention.  Today, meet Rudolf Diesel.

Episode: 1434 Reflections on systems, complexity, and modern life.  Today, let's see what happens when our technologies join forces.

Episode: 1432 Thoughts in dispraise of decisiveness.  Today, let's not decide.

Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us.  Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.

Episode: 1430 A concern about the complexity and danger of genius.  Today, I find genius puzzling.

Episode: 1429 Joseph Stalin and Russian aircraft records in the 1930s.  Today, Joseph Stalin tries to set flight distance records.

Episode: 1428 Why do men self-destruct and die sooner than women?  Today, men self-destruct.