Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3348: Christmas
Episode: 3348 The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah. Today, a Merry Christmas to all.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3347: Circus
Episode: 3347 My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus. Today, we welcome new faculty.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts on Jumping
Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea. Today, can you jump as high as a flea?
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe
Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe. Today, we learn to use a new axe.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1496: Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy. Today, we meet a Confederate spy.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today. Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal
Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.