Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1322: Beating the System
Episode: 1322 Five college degrees in six years: What does it mean? Today, some thoughts about beating the system.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1321: Century-Old Solar Collector
Episode: 1321 A modern solar collector, a century before its time. Today, an idea whose time had not yet come.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2418: Luck and Las Vegas
Episode: 2418 Quantifying the chance of losing at casino games. Today, luck and Las Vegas.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3235: Verna Fields, “Mother Cutter”
Episode: 3235 Gender, labor history, and the devaluation of film editing. Today, the mother of all film editors.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2822: Herodotus
Episode: 2822 Herodotus describing historical events of 5th century BC, fantastical and entertaining component of The Histories. Today, we visit Herodotus.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1320: Intellectual Misdirection
Episode: 1320 Today, we wonder where to look for our new widget. Intellectual misdirection: looking inside and outside our heads for knowledge.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1319: Differential Analyzer
Episode: 1319 Vannevar Bush and the great Rockefeller Differential Analyzer. Today, a eulogy for a machine.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1318: Three-Field Rotation
Episode: 1318 Three-field crop rotation and the origins of Western technology. Today, putting horses to work proves harder than we might think.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3305: An Inland Seaport
Episode: 3305 An inland shipping port expands our vision of seaports. Today, an inland seaport.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2414: Intuition Versus Numbers
Episode: 2414 Using numbers in baseball and business. Today, intuition, or numbers.