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Episode: 3386 In which the search for visualizing four dimensions leads, ultimately, to mathematics. Today, the missing dimensions.
Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent.Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
Episode: 1596 Looking for the "first" automobile. Today, let's try to find the first automobile.
Episode: 2611 Early science fiction: Kepler's Somnium. Today, a dream.
Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art's Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
Episode: 3385 The weird Blohm & Voss BV141 airplane, and reflections on asymmetry. Today, a weird aeroplane.
Episode: 3384 Further thoughts about the search for extra-terrestrial life. Today, Alien life forms.
Episode: 1595 In which Alfred Stieglitz and 291 anticipate Modern. Today, Stieglitz and photography, art and reality.
Episode: 1594 The Mad Scientist -- he keeps coming back. Today, the mad scientist.
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