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 3317: Railcars
Episode: 3317 Specialized Railcars for Heavy Cargo. Today, how railroads move the unmovable.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3316: Research
Episode: 3316 A look at what the word Research really means. Today, let’s think about research.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1399: The Circus
Episode: 1399 The passing of the classical circus. Today, we go to a circus.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1398: Back to the Beginning
Episode: 1398 Back to the Beginning: First we commit. Then we see. Today, a process within a process
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1397: John Fitch
Episode: 1397 John Fitch and America's first successful steamboat. Today, America's first steamboat.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar
Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar. Today, not-so-shining armor.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3065: Victor and Eva Saxl
Episode: 3065 Victor and Eva Saxl: Love, War and Homemade Insulin. Today, love, war and insulin.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2448: Rachmaninoff Unblocked
Episode: 2448 Sergei Rachmaninoff visits a hypnotist to remove his writer's block. Today, a composer unblocked.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3315: History Deep-Sixed
Episode: 3315 In which an engineering failure vanishes from the historical record. Today, a fragment of history quietly disappears.