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: 2445 In which Renaissance engineer Robert Norton thinks about gunnery. Today, the inner life of an early engineer.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.
Episode: 1671 Quantum mechanics takes to a place we didn't know was there. Today, we think about multiple Christmases.
Episode: 2039 In which we experience quiet on the Western Front. Today, it's quiet on the Western Front.
Episode: 1093 The sad tale of Eads' great bridge and caissons disease. Today, the story of a great bridge and a mysterious disease.
Episode: 1092 The unrelenting search for Buck Rogers' rocket belt. Today, let's fly without an airplane.
Episode: 2970 The ever changing train: Cars and crew. Today, a story of change.
Episode: 2927 Dual Inheritance Theory: How our Genes and our Culture are co-evolving. Today, a very odd design feature.
Episode: 2780 Mail Plane to History Maker. Today, a very odd design feature.
Episode: 1091 Balloon Bombs -- the Japanese secret weapon. Today, a tale of two secret weapons.
Episode: 1090 In which Edgar Allen Poe writes about conchology. Today, an act of plagiarism is not quite what it seems to be.
Episode: 1089 A museum guard talks to me about art and creativity. Today, a security guard explains creativity to me.
Episode: 1088 Housework: In which work doesn't exactly expand to fill the time. Today, "Man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done!"
Episode: 2968 Brothers Byron and Royal Riblet. Today, a tale of two brothers.
