Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words
Episode: 3323 We learn a new way of speaking in the 1930s. Today, biting words.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1421: Rocket Boys
Episode: 1421 The Rocket Boys, a moving story of adolescence and engineering. Today, a book with a surprising subtext.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1420: The Erie Canal
Episode: 1420 The Erie Canal. Today, we ride 568 feet uphill in a barge.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1419: Another Look as the Plague
Episode: 1419 Another way of looking at the 14th century Plague. Today, population reduction by disaster.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3322: Very Fast Trains
Episode: 3322 Some Thoughts on the Future of High-Speed Rail. Today, very fast trains.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2824: A Brass Catalogue
Episode: 2824 An 18th-century catalogue of brass objects, an early approach to marketing, and decorative drawer handles. Today, we look at a mysterious catalogue.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2628: The Edge of Space
Episode: 2628 When traveling into space, how do you know you're there? Today, astronaut Michael Barratt asks, where exactly is the border of space?
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1418: The Influence of War
Episode: 1418 Does war influence technological evolution? Some surprising facts. Today, we wonder how war influences technology.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses
Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology on Hold
Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time. Today, technology on hold.