Johannes Gutenberg: The Bankrupt Genius Who Started an Information Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!He is widely considered one of the most influential figures in human history, yet he faced finan...
5 Jan 53min
Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone, The Photophone, and the Conquest of Silence
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2 Jan 54min
Andrew Wiles: The 300-Year-Old Puzzle & The Proof That Almost Wasn't
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2 Jan 39min
The Awl and the Alphabet: Louis Braille’s Quiet Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Title: Description: In this episode, we examine the life of Louis Braille, who lost his sight at...
1 Jan 49min
Stephen Jay Gould: Punctuated Equilibrium, Spandrels, and the Darwin Wars
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1 Jan 36min
Temple Grandin: Thinking in Pictures, Humane Innovation, and the Autistic Mind
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1 Jan 34min
Norbert Wiener: The Child Prodigy, The Absent-Minded Professor, and The Father of Cybernetics
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1 Jan 27min
The Man Who Named AI: John McCarthy, Lisp, and the Roots of Cloud Computing
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1 Jan 34min
