Engines Of Our Ingenuity
Summary: The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let's explore technology's spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.
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- Artist: Dr. John Lienhard
- Copyright: Copyright 2011 KUHF
Podcasts:
Episode: 2824 An 18th century catalogue of brass objects, and an early approach to marketing, and decorative drawer handles.
Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes
Episode: 2822 Herodotus describing historical events of 5th century BC, fantastical and entertaining component of The Histories.
Episode: 1980 Manuscript Demography: the birth and death of books
Episode: 1971 In which Lamé, Cauchy, and Kummer race to prove Fermat’s last theorem
Episode: 2821 Science gone wrong: the lobotomy
Episode: 2820 A Spectacular Series of Spectaculars: Remaking Ben-Hur
Episode: 1978 Ötzi's shoes: a lesson in ergonomics from the Stone Age
Episode: 1976 An old handbook evokes a reflection on correspondence schools
Episode: 1975 In which botanist Asa Gray shows us how to apply good science
Episode: 2819 Folding bicycles battle new terrain
Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli's Body Casts
Episode: 1974 Inventing the Air Force, 1911 to 1917
Episode: 1973 Of organs and engines: St. Sulpice, Corliss, and the Barker-lever
Episode: 1972 Sorting out the mystery of the Baghdad Batteries
