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: 1632 Rediscovering the sunken Union Monitor. Today, we find the first modern warship -- on the ocean floor.
Episode: 3202 Gladys West and the Geoid. Today, a quiet hero.
Episode: 1631 Learning to subtract 49 from 62: more than meets the eye. Today, what is 49 from 62?
Episode: 2857 Leonid Kantorivich, Soviet Mathematician and Economist. Today, an economic wonder.
Episode: 1630 In which we ponder a very subjective notion of reality. Today, nature changes before our eyes.
Episode: 1629 An old book tells about textile engineering and conservatism. Today, we resist change.
Episode: 3201 Some Reflections on Minimalist Music. Today, minimal.
Episode: 1628 The first red cross ambulance. Today, we care for wounded soldiers.
Episode: 3200 Two for One: The Banach-Tarski Paradox. Today, two for the price of one.
Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we've come. Today, we measure how far we've come.
Episode: 1625 Telephone inventor Elisha Gray talks about miracles. Today, a telephone inventor talks about miracles.
Episode: 1624 Garrett A. Morgan: Black American inventor. Today, thoughts about traffic lights, gas masks, and hair straighteners.
Episode: 2855 Plainchant, Gregorian Chant, and Today's Music. Today, plain and simple.
Episode: 1623 The textbooks of J. Dorman and Esther Steele. Today, we meet two very special teachers.
Episode: 1622 Fingerprints, crime detection, and identification. Today, I ask, "Who are you?"
