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.
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: Houston Public Media
- Copyright: ℗ & © 2024 Houston Public Media
Podcasts:
Episode: 1898 What happened after Galileo? Pierre Gassendi happened! Today, what happened after Galileo?
Episode: 2513 The Importance of Teachers in Shaping our Lives. Today, remembering our teachers.
Episode: 2553 Emergence and complexity in virtual and living systems. Today, let’s talk about emergence.
Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
Episode: 1894 Accuracy and story-telling -- a learning experience in four acts. Today, accuracy and story-telling.
Episode: 1893 Satyendranath Bose, quantum physics pioneer and Indian hero. Today, Satyendranath Bose.
Episode: 1892 The Science Times and the need to cultivate our tolerance for ambiguity. Today, a tolerance for ambiguity.
Episode: 2507 The Unsung Engineer: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopaedie. Today, celebrating the mechanical arts.
Episode: 2419 Peter Schlumbohm and the invention of modern coffee-making techniques. Today, a chemist and his coffee.
Engines: 2503 Story-Teller Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone. Today, a story — submitted for your approval.
Episode: 1891 Earth, Air, Fire, & Water -- Love & Hate. Today, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
Episode: 1890 The Picture Play, a new technology immediately displaced by the movies. Today, we ride the wrong horse.
Episode: 1889 Dolly Shepherd, her mother, and her daughter: pioneering parachuting. Today, three women parachutists.
Episode: 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.
Episode: 2499 Frederick Law Olmsted and the Texas Germans. Today, Texas auf Deutsch.
