The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3402: Absolute Zero
Aug 19, 2026
Episode: 3402 Absolute Zero: The hunt for the lowest possible temperature. Today, absolute zero.
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Episode: 3402 Absolute Zero: The hunt for the lowest possible temperature. Today, absolute zero.
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Episode: 1617 Reflections on the dicey question of cause and effect in history. Today, the connections problem.
Episode: 1616 Ivan Polzunov and early Russian steam engines. Today, the steam engine comes to Russia.
Episode: 1615 On learning to use coal. Today, we learn why we shouldn’t bring coals to Newcastle.
Episode: 3399 In which we see fog dressed in fancy clothes. Today, we sing the merits of fancy fogs.
Episode: 3398 In which a remarkable engineer, Jerome Hunsaker, begins a career that will help to define American air power. Today, an engineer and an airplane.
Episode: 3397 In which old magazines returns us to a time when our reading was not limited by what we chose to read. Today, what is a magazine?
Episode: 1614 Advice on how live our lives from 1836. Today, we learn how to live our lives — in 1836.
Episode: 1613 In which Michael Faraday helps us to parse the word, Genius. Today, we watch genius at work.
Episode: 1612 Trying to tell the story of the worst battle. Today, we wonder how to tell of history.
Episode: 3396 How we live with two competing vocabularies – technical and commonplace. Today, treacherous words.  
Episode: 3395 Century Magazine reveals how scientists were viewing the new X-Rays in the year after their discovery. Today, X-Rays one year old.
Episode: 3394 An old book of WW-I aeroplanes reveals something about technological change in wartime. Today, an old book with an unintended message.
Episode: 1611 Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather: ideologies diverge and converge. Today, Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather.
Episode: 1610 Thoughts on the nature and purpose of experiments. Today, we wonder why people do experiments.
Episode: 1609 Benjamin Franklin’s experiments in thermal radiation. Today, Benjamin Franklin thinks about theoretical and applied science.
Episode: 3393 In which the 1928 Curtiss Robin airplane was far more than it seemed to be. Today, a ride in a bland airplane.
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