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: 3099 Gravity and the Importance of Three Pysical Dimensions. Today, a case for three.
Episode: 1274 The Maxim Gorky, largest airplane of its time. Today, Stalin builds a big airplane.
Episode: 2529 Comparing Fingerprints: What’s Involved and What can go Wrong. Today, who dunnit?
Episode: 1273 Some surprises in the 1852 Annual of Scientific Discovery. Today, an old book takes stock of science and art in 1852.
Episode: 1271 In which automobiles race around the world in 1906. Today, an incredible, and nearly-forgotten, race!
Episode: 3098 The Different Experiences of Reading, Radio, and Video. Today, eyes and ears.
Episode: 1270 Wallace's line and the evolution of modern humans. Today, we cross Wallace's line.
Episode: 2527 Alphonse Bertillon: Measuring the Man. Today, the measure of a man.
Episode: 1268 Finding your limelight. Today, let us find our light.
Episode: 1267 The secret American Navy of the War of 1812. Today, a secret American navy for the War of 1812.
Episode: 3097 Cooking with Fire in the Colonial Period and Now. Today, fire in the kitchen.
Episode: 1266 In which Mrs. O'Leary is absolved of the Great Chicago Fire. Today, a new look at an old fire.
Episode: 2523 Georges-Eugène Haussmann Reshapes Paris. Today, a city redone.
Episode: 1265 Science and the myth of the self-evident truth. Today, a closer look at scientific knowledge.
Episode: 1263 No problem. I don't think so. Have a nice day. Today, a thought about the mirror of language.
