Episode: 2517 Rebecca Clarke: Violist, Composer, Woman. Today, a woman in conflict.
Episode: 2978 Henri Matisse cuts paper to design a cover for the art magazine Verve. Today we look at heroism through cut paper.
Episode: 3333 Lawrence Morely and Seafloor Spreading. Today, a question of priority.
Episode: 3332 From DC Dynamo to AC Alternator. Today, the dynamo.
Episode: 1453 Christiaan and Constantijn Huygens, and John Donne. Today, a tale of two Huygens and John Donne.
Episode: 1451 Inventing the free public lending library: socialism in books. Today, we invent the library.
Episode: 3331 Some thoughts about photography and reality. Today, Let’s take pictures.
Episode: 2513 The Importance of Teachers in Shaping our Lives. Today, remembering our teachers.
Episode: 2905 Imagination's Contributions to Science and Technology, Developmental Psychology and Imagination. Today, the gift of imagination.
Episode: 3245 Memes, Internet Challenges, and the Selfish Gene. Today, memes.
Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
Episode: 1449 Another look at image and reality: Fake Triceratops and manuscript books. Today, more on images and reality.
Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.
Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes. Today, hypnotic crimes.
Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.
Episode: 1443 Some thoughts on fame and fortune in technology. Today, thoughts on fame and fortune.
Episode: 1442 Walter Chrysler and the texture of fame. Today, an odd glimpse of the texture of fame.
Gilly -
traction motors on today's locomotives are essentially "hub motors" powered by 5000 hp diesel engines that generate the electricity needed to turn steel wheels.