Posted on November 23, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1285: Carriages Episode: 1285 Carriages: A forgotten technology. Today, let's ride a gig, or a hack, or a phaeton.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241123.mp3
Posted on November 22, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1284: Mikhail Goldshtik Episode: 1284 Mikhail Goldshtik: A death and a beginning. Today, a creative legacy.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241122.mp3
Posted on November 21, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2387: Plastics Episode: 2387 Recycling Plastics. Today, just one word.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241121.mp3
Posted on November 20, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper Episode: 1983 Inventing the newspaper in seventeenth-century England. Today, our guest, historian Cathy Patterson reports on the invention of the newspaper.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241120.mp3
Posted on November 19, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs Episode: 2502 Computer assisted proofs: How machines extend our mind's reach. Today, let's ask how computers help us see mathematical truths.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241119.mp3
Posted on November 18, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1282: Window Glass Episode: 1282 The development of the seemingly uncomplicated window pane. Today, we learn to make window panes.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241118.mp3
Posted on November 17, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1281: A Window on the Huguenots Episode: 1281 An old religious tract provides a window upon the Huguenots. Today, an old book and a new look at creativity and dissent.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241117.mp3
Posted on November 16, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1280: Visual Display of Information Episode: 1280 On making data tell their story. Today, let's figure out how to plot a graph.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241116.mp3
Posted on November 15, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1279: Kater’s Applied Mechanics Episode: 1279 Two Newtons, an old mechanics text, and the fight against slavery. Today, a moving bit of marginalia.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241115.mp3
Posted on November 14, 2024Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2384: Sway Episode: 2384 Swaying wooden roller coasters. Today, we sway.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20241114.mp3