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: 3103 Infinity and Limits. Today, taking it to the limit.
Episode: 1295 The lowly, but not-so-simple, dressmaker's pin. Today, let's make pins.
Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon’s Theorem? Today, did he, or didn’t he?
Episode: 1294 The clock as preparation for modern science. Today, clocks tell us more than just the time of day.
Episode: 1293 Some technology that we don't see when we first look. Today, some technologies we don't see when we first look.
Episode: 3102 Should We Let Computers Make Our Decisions? Today, should we trust our computers?
Episode: 1292 Alchemy and modern science: how much magic should we accept? Today, old magic finds a place in modern science.
Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history. Today, interest.
Episode: 1291 In which sheet music offers a record of our country. Today, America's story spins out in the songs we sing.
Episode: 1290 Risk and vocation: when smart people look for safe lives. Today, we teach our best and brightest to avoid risk.
Episode: 3101 The Axiom of Choice. Today, we make a choice.
Episode: 1289 Those Vulgar Tubes: human waste disposal aboard old ships. Today, we try to keep ships clean.
Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
Episode: 1288 Instability, self-control, and the metaphor of flight. Today, flight shapes yet another metaphor.
Episode: 1287 Transonic flight: piercing the sound barrier. Today, the sound barrier.
