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Tim Harford on Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Financial Times columnist and author Tim Harford talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Harford's latest book, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Econ…
Rebecca Struthers on Watches, Watchmaking, and the Hands of Time
Called "a poem in clockwork," the self-winding Breguet watch made for Marie Antoinette was meant to be the most beautiful example of mechanical art in the world…
The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Until the end of WWI, the Middle East as we know it didn't exist. No Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, or Iraq. Instead, there was the Ottoman Empire, whose disso…
A Boomerang-Shaped Home Cantilevers Over the Wyoming Landscape
Carved into a Wyoming hillside, CLB Architects’ Boomerang Residence balances sweeping mountain views with intimate spaces, natural materials, and art-filled int…
‘The Imitation Englishman’: The novel shows how different ideologies shaped India’s freedom movement
Devki Pande’s debut brings nuance to what is often a popular telling.
