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: 2556 Euclid's Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.
Episode: 2658 Massively Multiplayer Math. Today, let’s talk massively multiplayer mathematics.
Episode: 1992 Harvey and Willis at Oxford during the English Civil War. Today, Oxford after war.
Episode: 1975 In which botanist Asa Gray shows us how to apply good science. Today, a botanist in a changing world.
Episode: 2014 Boiling bubbles and fizzing bubbles: So alike, so different! Today, bubbles in soda and bubbles in teakettles.
Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history. Today, interest.
Episode: 2038 Putting a leap second in an elastic year. Today, we add a second to our lives.
Episode: 1976 An old handbook evokes a reflection on correspondence schools. Today, we go to correspondence school.
Episode: 1671 Quantum mechanics takes us to a place we didn't know was there. Today, we think about multiple Christmases.
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.
Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys. Today, we play with toys.
Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.
Episode: 1861 Music for a while: Thinking about sound, silence, and Henry Purcell. Today, music and silence.
Episode: 1974 Inventing the Air Force, 1911 to 1917. Today, we invent the Air Force.
Episode: 1973 Of organs and engines: St. Sulpice, Corliss, and the Barker-lever. Today, organs and engines.
