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: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
Episode: 1341 A view of physiology in 1872 -- not that long ago. Today, let's look at medicine when my grandfather was young.
Episode: 3123 The Halifax 1917 Explosion and Vincent Coleman’s Final Goodbye. Today, a final goodbye.
Episode: 1340 Animals and emotion: figuring out what is obvious. Today, let's talk to animals.
Episode: 1339 The Good Soldier Svejk, a fine organizational model. Today, an old, but very sound, book on corporate management.
Episode: 3122 Morris Kline. Today, a different look.
Episode: 1154 In which Adam's navel poses the question of pre-creation history. Today, a silly question about Adam's navel paves the way for evolution.
Episode: 3121 Charles Nicolle and the Transmission of Typhus. Today, we get typhus.
Episode: 1338 The century-long retention of masts and sails on steamships. Today, we wonder about sails on steam-powered ships.
Episode: 2206 A 1944 progress report on the subject of human evolution. Today, an old progress report on evolution.
Episode: 3120 Supply, Demand, and Surge Pricing at Uber. Today, surging into the future.
Episode: 1337 Frankenstein -- the monster of our obsessiveness. Today, we consider a favorite nightmare.
Episode: 2578 The Wonders of Water Towers. Today, water flows downhill.
Episode: 2229 Hurdles that children must leap to learn science. Today, children and science.
Episode: 1336 In which Diesel engines violate their own metaphor. Today, a new breed of Diesel engines fights an old metaphor.
