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. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Podcasts:
Episode: 2570 Celebrating Human Ingenuity. Today, a story in two parts.
Episode: 1998 Fast presses and the new literacy. Today, let the presses roll.
Episode: 1709 Cap Wigington. Today, a remarkable architect.
Episode: 2563 The Prolific Isaac Asimov. Today, science or fiction?
Episode: 2666 Codes, ciphers and Alan Turing. Today codes, ciphers and Alan Turing.
Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.
Episode: 3250 The sophisticated simplicity of an opening umbrella. Today, let's open our umbrella.
Episode: 1999 A new book for Mary Anne Howley: and a revolution unfulfilled. Today, a ghost in a book.
Episode: 1996 The organ electric in a brave new world. Today, the organ electric.
Episode: 2559 Going, Going, Gone! A look at auctions. Today, going, going, gone!
Episode: 2816 Sir William Hamilton and the Beginnings of Volcanology. Today, the beginnings of volcanology.
Episode: 3249 Behaving As If, a Skill for Containing Stress. Today, a skill for challenging times.
Episode: 3248 How and why our rivers meander: mechanics vs. teleology. Today, our rivers meander.
Episode: 1997 The one book that Johann Gutenberg printed. Today, a new look at Gutenberg.
Episode: 1995 Sky Captain fighting evil in his P-40 -- in the year 2004. Today, we fly P-40s.
