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Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
Episode: 2977 Thomas Jefferson, the Maison Carrée, and the Virginia State Capitol. Today, Thomas Jefferson in love.
Episode: 3403 An old book about telephones reminds of a time before our technologies were not “black boxed.” Today, we look under the hood.
Episode: 1620 The Indian canoe -- another perfected technology. Today, birch-bark canoes.
Episode: 1619 Theatre of Machines -- forerunners of engineering handbooks. Today, the first handbooks.
Episode: 1618 Today we wonder whether something other than one solution exists. Today, the forgotten lecture in your math course.
Episode: 2631 The Double Slit Experiment. Today, a mysterious experiment.
Episode: 3402 Absolute Zero: The hunt for the lowest possible temperature. Today, absolute zero.
Episode: 3401 Samuel Smiles and James Nasmyth: Strange bedfellows. Today, two views of a polymath.
Episode: 3400 In which we cause water to, like a Hell-broth boil and bubble within a nuclear reactor. Today, For a charm of powerful trouble ...
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