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: 3156 Revisiting H. L. Mencken. Today, we revisit a look at the future.
Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes's 2200 year old calculation of Earth's size. Today, we measure the earth.
Episode: 2712 Yutaka Taniyama and the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture. Today, a tragic ending.
Episode: 1456 In which paper goes from China to Europe by way of Samarkand. Today, paper makes a long journey.
Episode: 1455 A brief history of dentistry and pain. Today, we drill teeth.
Episode: 3155 Ruth Benerito and Wrinkle Free Cotton. Today, we wash and wear.
Episode: 1454 The sometimes astonishing results of juxtaposing contradictory ideas. Today, a thought about juxtaposition and contradictions.
Episode: 1453 Christiaan and Constantijn Huygens, and John Donne. Today, a tale of two Huygens and John Donne.
Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Episode: 1451 Inventing the free public lending library: socialism in books. Today, we invent the library.
Episode: 2711 The number two. Today, two.
Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
