Engines of Our Ingenuity
Kanaal Besonderhede
Engines of Our Ingenuity
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67 episodes
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1500: A Landmark: 1500/2000
Episode: 1500 1500th episode and 2000 AD: A poor time to summarize. Today, we reach a landmark.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1499: Domesticating Animals
Episode: 1499 Domestic animals: A tricky marriage between human and beast. Today, we try to domesticate a wild animal.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1563: Toys
Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys. Sorting through a box the other day, I found old toys -- a lead soldier, a stuffed dog, a set of bl...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1760: The Christmas Lectures
Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3348: Christmas
Episode: 3348 The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah. Today, a Merry Christmas to all.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3037: Carol of the Bells
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3347: Circus
Episode: 3347 My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus. Today, we welcome new faculty.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts on Jumping
Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea. Today, can you jump as high as a flea?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today. Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own compu...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2547: Charging Interest
Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history. Today, interest.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo
Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs
Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489 Helicopter
Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1488: The Roeblings
Episode: 1488 John, Washington, & Emily Roebling, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, a family gives us the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1487: Telephone Use
Episode: 1487 Teaching the American public to use the telephone. Today, would you buy the first telephone?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2545: Milton Bradley
Episode: 2545 Game Maker Milton Bradley. Today, a game maker.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2617: Facebooking
Episode: 2617 Facebook, social networking website, or new medium? Today, Facebooking.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso
Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1485: Ship of Gold
Episode: 1485 Ship of gold in the Deep Blue Sea: an impossible treasure recovery. Today, we hunt treasure.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1484: Georg Cantor
Episode: 1484 Georg Cantor, the man who counted beyond infinity. Today, we wonder about counting to infinity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1483: Gibbs and Visualization
Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1481: Photography: The Salad Days
Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography's early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2542: Hippodamus of Miletus
Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3346: Mary Proctor
Episode: 3346 In which Mary Proctor uses myth to help children understand reality. Today, astronomy for children.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3342: Bernardo Zamagna
Episode: 3342 Bernardo Zamagna designs a lighter-than-air ship that physics could not quite support. Today, let us fly with Bernardo Zamagna.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1480: Streamline
Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1479: Great-Grandchildren
Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3343: Frank Rosenblatt’s Perceptron
Episode: 3343 Frank Rosenblatt's perceptron and the quest to design machines that can learn. Today, the origin of learning in artificial neural netw...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3344: Rachel Ruysch
Episode: 3344 That Rare Find, Rachel Ruysch. Today, we talk diversity in art and nature.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1477: A Car for Anne Boleyn
Episode: 1477 A horseless carriage offered to Anne Boleyn. Today, we offer Anne Boleyn an automobile.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1476: Inventing the Dishwasher
Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher. Today, the birth of the dishwasher.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1475: Evariste Galois
Episode: 1475 The tragic tale of Evariste Galois. Today, let's tell the remarkable tale of Evariste Galois.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1474: Beach’s Secret Subway
Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City. Today, a secret subway.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2535: Times Tables
Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization. Today, go forth and multiply.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3341: The McCulloch-Pitts Model
Episode: 3341 How Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts laid the foundation for current AI research. Today, the origin of artificial neural networks.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3340: Scissors
Episode: 3340 We look at the curious mechanics behind scissors. Today, let’s look at scissors.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1473: Titanic and Great Eastern
Episode: 1473 Two unsinkable ships: the Titanic and the Great Eastern. Today, a story of two ships. One sank. One didn't.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers
Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.