Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1435: Rudolph Diesel
Episode: 1435 Rudolf Diesel, his engine, and a look at invention. Today, meet Rudolf Diesel.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1434: Systems, Complexity, and Simplicity
Episode: 1434 Reflections on systems, complexity, and modern life. Today, let's see what happens when our technologies join forces.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1432: Decisiveness
Episode: 1432 Thoughts in dispraise of decisiveness. Today, let's not decide.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1431: Dogs
Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us. Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, and Kubrick
Episode: 2501 Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2790: Vaccine Scares
Episode: 2790 The Dynamics of Vaccine Scares. Today, let's talk about vaccine scares.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1430: A Concern About Genius
Episode: 1430 A concern about the complexity and danger of genius. Today, I find genius puzzling.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1429: Russian Air Records
Episode: 1429 Joseph Stalin and Russian aircraft records in the 1930s. Today, Joseph Stalin tries to set flight distance records.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1428: Men and Self-Destruction
Episode: 1428 Why do men self-destruct and die sooner than women? Today, men self-destruct.