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Podcast: Make:cast
Episode: Maker's Knowledge with Bill Gurstelle
Description: William Gurstelle is the author of many popular technical books, including Backyard Ballistics and the three-volume Remaking History. He has been a contributor of projects to Make: Magazine, and currently writes the Remaking History column, which features a historical invention that you can recreate at home. For the last three years, Bill has been enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, studying the history of science and technology. The concept of maker's knowledge comes the history of science and represents the idea that the maker of something comprehends how it works better than anyone else....