Engines of Our Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity


Latest Episodes

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1286: The Prehistory of Motorcycles
November 24, 2024

Episode: 1286 A steam-powered motorcycle, invented well before its time. Today, the motorcycle rides out of the Civil War.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1285: Carriages
November 23, 2024

Episode: 1285 Carriages: A forgotten technology. Today, let's ride a gig, or a hack, or a phaeton.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1284: Mikhail Goldshtik
November 22, 2024

Episode: 1284 Mikhail Goldshtik: A death and a beginning. Today, a creative legacy.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2387: Plastics
November 21, 2024

Episode: 2387 Recycling Plastics. Today, just one word.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper
November 20, 2024

Episode: 1983 Inventing the newspaper in seventeenth-century England. Today, our guest, historian Cathy Patterson reports on the invention of the newspaper.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs
November 19, 2024

Episode: 2502 Computer assisted proofs: How machines extend our mind's reach. Today, let's ask how computers help us see mathematical truths.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1282: Window Glass
November 18, 2024

Episode: 1282 The development of the seemingly uncomplicated window pane. Today, we learn to make window panes.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1281: A Window on the Huguenots
November 17, 2024

Episode: 1281 An old religious tract provides a window upon the Huguenots. Today, an old book and a new look at creativity and dissent.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1280: Visual Display of Information
November 16, 2024

Episode: 1280 On making data tell their story. Today, let's figure out how to plot a graph.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1279: Kater’s Applied Mechanics
November 15, 2024

Episode: 1279 Two Newtons, an old mechanics text, and the fight against slavery. Today, a moving bit of marginalia.