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: 3160 Angela Merici and the Education of Girls in North America. Today, a small seed blossoms.
Episode: 1465 In which random statistical clusters look significant. Today, we flip six heads in a row.
Episode: 3159 When Infinity and Dimensionality Collide. Today, infinitely befuddling.
Episode: 1464 Trying to teach technologies that were novel for us, but not our students. Today, a thought about technological change and learning.
Episode: 1463 An old pig iron smelter in the New Hampshire underbrush. Today, an old iron works hidden in the tall grass.
Episode: 2716 On the rocks: building with ice. Today, on the rocks.
Episode: 1462 Jedidiah Morse, geographer and Samuel F. B. Morse's father. Today, Jedidiah Morse's geography.
Episode: 2715 Bulbous bows. Today, bulbous bows.
Episode: 1461 George Everett Hale and BIG telescopes. Today, we look through some really big telescopes.
Episode: 1460 The little-known Japanese art of Chindogu. Today, the odd Japanese art of Chindogu.
Episode: 3158 Controlling Avalanches with Artillery Fire. Today, averting natural disaster ... with guns.
Episode: 1459 A tongue-tied attempt to say what teaching is. Today, teaching and ambiguity.
Episode: 2713 Storing energy for the power grid. Today, power.
Episode: 3157 Martin Luther King Jr's. remarkable means. Today, a preacher teaches us about invention.
Episode: 1458 The brief bright day of the electric trolley in Houston. Today, let's ride the Houston trolley.
