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: 1111 Reading the symbolic content of the numbers 1 through 10. The Numbers 1 Thru 10.
Episode: 1110 Origami: Where there is paper, it will be folded. Today, we fold paper.
Episode: 1818 Leon Theremin's remarkable music machine. Today, our guest, scientist Andrew Boyd, talks about the man who wed music to electricity.
Episode: 2957 The Power of Cities. Today, let's talk about cities and power laws.
Episode: 2999 Hannibal's Grand Strategy: Genius or Failure? Today, Hannibal at the gates.
Episode: 1108 100,000,000 land mines -- killing off civilians in perpetuity. Today, land mines tell us about modern war.
Episode: 1107 In which we call ourselves engineers, for the last 200 years. Today, we learn where engineers come from.
Episode: 1105 Mary Roberts: The frustration of a 19th century woman scientist. Today, we face the anger of a woman who's been erased.
Episode: 1104 Nobel, The Baroness von Suttner, and the Peace Prize. Today, the origin of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Episode: 1748 A remarkable perception of a mathematical oddity. Today, Guest Andrew Boyd, chief scientist at the PROS organization, shares an "age-old" story about numbers.
Episode: 2846 Coffeehouses and the Birth of a Public Sphere. Today, let's share a cup of coffee.
Episode: 2960 CSI Herculaneum: How A Terrible Discovery Helps Paleodemography. Today, CSI Herculaneum.
Episode: 1103 How We Die: A surgeon comes to terms with death. Today, a doctor reflects on death and the machinery of sustaining life.
Episode: 1101 A Roman engineer's not-quite-right idea for moving a pedestal. Today, a clever Roman engineer outsmarts himself.
Episode: 1098 In which we try to decide who really invented the telephone. Today, an old question: who invented the telephone?
