Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1350: Amerigo Vespucci
Episode: 1350 Vespucci and the naming of America. Today, we name America.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2447: Simple But Brilliant
Episode: 2447 The Special Theory of Relativity in Einstein's Own Words. Today, simple but brilliant.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2010: George McJunkin and Ales Hrdlicka
Episode: 2010 George McJunkin and Ales Hrdlicka: Who discovered the Clovis culture? Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson looks at an unlikely anthropologist.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2780: Mail Plane to History Maker
Episode: 2780 Mail Plane to History Maker. Today, a very odd design feature.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1349: Short-Lived Technologies
Episode: 1349 Short-lived, but dramatic technologies. Today, technologies that last only a little while.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1348: Castel Del Monte
Episode: 1348 Castel del Monte: in which Frederick II plays with geometry. Today, we wonder why a castle was built.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1347: Inventing Money
Episode: 1347 The invention of money: an abstraction of goods and services. Today, a history of money.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1346: 1900
Episode: 1346 The World's Work magazine shows what we were thinking a century ago. Today, a magazine looks at the century past, and the one to come.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2444: Of Wombats and Armadillos
Episode: 2444 Of Wombats and Armadillos: Using Animals to Teach Probability. Today, why did the wombat cross the road?
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2944: Max Planck’s Triumphs and Tragedies
Episode: 2944 The Father of Quantum Theory, The Perseverance of a Scientist Facing Multiple Tragedies. Today, a scientist's triumphs and tragedies.