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: 2988 Milton Humason's Quiet Persistence. Today, quiet persistence.
Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Dué listens to the Homeric epics.
Episode: 3215 What eats avocado seeds? Today, we see through a seed.
Episode: 1779 Good engineering: Romance and Reality in the High Middle Ages. Today, romance, reality, and engineering design.
Episode: 1777 Instead of the Panama Canal, ships on trains over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Today, an Un-Panama Canal.
Episode: 1778 On being unreasonable: a repudiation of common sense. Today, we expect to be surprised.
Episode: 2987 Gravity is Magic. Today, we let go.
Episode: 2768 Percy Spencer and the microwave oven. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker considers the Microwave Oven.
Episode: 3214 Pumpkins and the discovery of viruses. Today, viruses make warts and horns.
Episode: 1775 The book -- as seen in 1897 and 1978. Today, the book, eighty-one years later.
Episode: 1772 Vermeer and the camera obscura: waiting for film. Today, cameras without film.
Episode: 2986 Simon Stevin and The Rise of Decimal Currency. Today, we get the point.
Episode: 1660 Simplicity, complexity, and Shakespeare (with guest Megan Cole). Today, a treat. I have a guest commentator. Seattle Actor Megan Cole is here to talk about complexity, simplicity, and Shakespeare.
Episode: 2984 Making Noise: When Car Engines Are Too Quiet. Today, it’s time to make some noise.
Episode: 1769 Niels Finsen: A Nobel Prize for Photo Therapy. Today, light and healing.
