Connections: 2x5
Something for Nothing
How do space shuttle landings start with the vacuum which was forbidden by the Church? Burke takes us on an adventure with barometers, weather forecasting, muddy and blacktop roads, rain runoff, sewage, a cholera epidemic, hygiene, plumbing, ceramics, vacuum pumps, compressed-air drills, tunnels in the Alps, train air brakes, hydroelectric power, the electric motor, Galvani’s muscle-electricity connection, Volta’s battery, and gyroscopes.
2 - 1Revolutions Jan. 02, 1994- 2 - 2Sentimental Journeys Jan. 16, 1994
- 2 - 3Getting it Together Feb. 06, 1994
- 2 - 4Whodunit? Feb. 20, 1994
- 2 - 5Something for Nothing Mar. 06, 1994
- 2 - 6Echoes of the Past Mar. 20, 1994
- 2 - 7Photo Finish Apr. 03, 1994
- 2 - 8Separate Ways Apr. 17, 1994
- 2 - 9High Times May. 08, 1994
- 2 - 10Deja Vu May. 22, 1994
- 2 - 11New Harmony May. 22, 1994
- 2 - 12Hot Pickle Jun. 05, 1994
- 2 - 13The Big Spin Jun. 05, 1994
- 2 - 14Bright Ideas Jun. 19, 1994
- 2 - 15Making Waves Jul. 03, 1994
- 2 - 16Routes Jul. 17, 1994
- 2 - 17One Word Jul. 24, 1994
- 2 - 18Sign Here Jul. 31, 1994
- 2 - 19Better Than the Real Thing Aug. 07, 1994
- 2 - 20Flexible Response Aug. 14, 1994
