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: 2025 Looking for LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Today, our last universal common ancestor.
Episode: 2603 Correlation and Risk: When more egg baskets don't help. Today, eggs and baskets.
Episode: 2798 Behold the Mighty Transistor. Today, a small item creates a large impact.
Episode: 3252 The Astronomy Lessons of Curious George's Creator. Today, Curious George shows us the stars.
Episode: 2023 George Hubert Wilkins: a life brimful and running over. Today, we risk our lives.
Episode: 2022 Alexander W. Brandon's, and my father's, old surveying book. Today, another ghost in an old book.
Episode: 2020 The screwdriver: archetype of subtle obviousness. Today, let's talk about screwdrivers.
Episode: 2599 The Art of Attraction: Imagery from Strange Attractors. Today, the art of attraction.
Episode: 2018 The Chamberlen family secret: the invention of forceps. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson reveals family secrets.
Episode: 2598 Henri Poincaré, the three body problem, and chaos. Today, three bodies.
Episode: 2019 Robert Millikan: a remarkable late-bloomer in modern physics. Today, the man who didn't want to be a physicist.
Episode: 2017 In which we S-T-R-E-T-C-H our imaginations. Today, let us stretch out imaginations.
Episode: 2016 In which we invent a new word: Multigenium. Today, let's fill a void with a new word.
Episode: 2596 Golf Club Grooves: How small changes in technology can cause controversy. Today’s episode is brought to you by the letters U and V.
Episode: 2873 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life; Drake Equation Explained; Aliens from Other Planets. Today, an encounter of the third kind.
