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: 3016 Simpson's Paradox. Today, paradoxical averages.
Episode: 2772 Transhumanism. Today, we change.
Episode: 2210 Taking out the trash -- and there's so much to take out. Today, we take out trash.
Episode: 2209 Before the DC-3: The primitive years of commercial airlines. Today, what did we fly in before we had DC-3s?
Episode: 2208 Franklin, Beccaria, and Volta: Setting the stage for the electric 19th century. Today, we invent electricity.
Episode: 2771 Shorthand: Past, Present and Future. Today, to the point.
Episode: 2998 Test Tube Evolution. Today, evolution in a test tube.
Episode: 2846 Coffeehouses and the Birth of a Public Sphere. Today, let’s share a cup of coffee.
Episode: 2764 The New Math Movement. Today, a revolutionary idea — that failed.
Episode: 2200 Jays who are smarter than you'd ever have thought. Today, smart birds.
Episode: 2199 Who were the Irish long ago? Today, when the Irish were Egyptians.
Episode: 2198 Getting ready to invent the airplane in 1901. Today, a journal tries to read the tea leaves.
Episode: 2760 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, doing away with math.
Episode: 2957 The Power of Cities. Today, let's talk about cities and power laws.
Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism. Today, monks and hermits.
