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: 2545 Game Maker Milton Bradley. Today, a game maker.
Episode: 2613 Can we hear shapes? Today let’s ask: Can we hear shapes?
Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
Episode: 1972 Sorting out the mystery of the Baghdad Batteries. Today, electricity in the ancient world?
Episode: 1970 Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and their needless war. Today, needless anger.
Episode: 1965 In which Robert and George Stephenson bring rail to its maturity. Today, the coming of rail.
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say “cheese.”
Episode: 2810 The Concrete Revolution in Ancient Rome. Today, some concrete achievements.
Episode: 3245 Memes, Internet Challenges, and the Selfish Gene. Today, memes.
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: 2809 Laurence Housman designs an edition of Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market. Today, Goblins, sisterly love, and a masterpiece of book design.
Episode: 1967 Of clouds and birds: Meet Felix Tournachon -- Nadar. Today, birds vs. clouds.
Episode: 1959 In which John Tyndall cuts through conflict to recognize both Mayer and Joule. Today, a nineteenth-century message for our times.
Episode: 3097 Cooking with Fire in the Colonial Period and Now. Today, fire in the kitchen.
Episode: 2801 The Maria Theresa Thaler. Today, the almighty Thaler.
