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Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
Episode: 2608 Maria Telkes: Solar Energy Pioneer. Today, here comes the sun.
Episode: 3383 Mr. Herschel’s Milky Way “millstone”. Today, an early Milky Way model.
Episode: 3382 Thoughts about coping with the disorder in our lives and the disorder in our world. Today, disorder.
Episode: 3381 The last ride of NASA’s Shuttle carrier, N905NA. Today, the last Shuttle-carrier.
Episode: 1592 In which we use fancy words instead of simple ones. Today, the quotidian denominator.
Episode: 1591 Baroque violins and the notion of a completed technology. Today, let's talk about complete technologies.
Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China -- a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.
Episode: 2606 More Beautiful Books: revisiting books by the foot. Today, the measure of a book.
Episode: 2901 Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics. Today, let's talk about Norbert Wiener and cybernetics.
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