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: 2004 Rice, silk, taxes, and technological change in medieval China. Today, rice and silk.
Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli's Body Casts. Today, the Pompeian paradox.
Episode: 2578 The Wonders of Water Towers. Today, water flows downhill.
Episode: 2003 Counterfeit: On making money without delivering the goods. Today, we make money.
Episode: 2230 James Banning, pioneering Black pilot. Today, James Herman Banning.
Episode: 2001 Of beasts, Bibles and Evolution: Intimations of Darwin in King James' court. Today, beasts and Bibles.
Episode: 2576 Are screw caps good for wine? Today, a turn of the screw.
Episode: 2691 What Happens to the Human Body When Exposed to Vacuum? Today, the body at vacuum.
Episode: 2575 The illustrious history of Prime Numbers. Today, some numbers for the ages.
Episode: 2000 The Arc of Inventions, and the problem of selecting a hero. Today, the Arc of Inventions.
Episode: 2656 An American in Paris: Eugene Bullard, Black hero in the jazz age. Today, an American in Paris.
Episode: 1076 Slave Inventors and question, "Who owns an idea?" Today, we ask, "Who should own a patent?"
Episode: 2572 Melville and Anna Bissell and the Carpet Sweeper. Today, a husband and wife engineer success.
Episode: 2684 Will Computers Replace Scientists? Today, will computers replace scientists?
