Engines of Our Ingenuity
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Engines of Our Ingenuity
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 th...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2815: How Ideas Spread
Episode: 2815 The spread of ideas in social networks. Today, let's talk about engineered social networks.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthene’s Diameter of Earth
Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes's 2200 year old calculation of Earth's size. Today, we measure the earth.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1456: Paper in Samarkand
Episode: 1456 In which paper goes from China to Europe by way of Samarkand. Today, paper makes a long journey.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1455: Dentistry
Episode: 1455 A brief history of dentistry and pain. Today, we drill teeth.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1454: Juxtaposition and Contradiction
Episode: 1454 The sometimes astonishing results of juxtaposing contradictory ideas. Today, a thought about juxtaposition and contradictions.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2517: Rebecca Clarke
Episode: 2517 Rebecca Clarke: Violist, Composer, Woman. Today, a woman in conflict.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2978: Matisse’s Verve
Episode: 2978 Henri Matisse cuts paper to design a cover for the art magazine Verve. Today we look at heroism through cut paper.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3333: Lawrence Morely and Seafloor Spreading
Episode: 3333 Lawrence Morely and Seafloor Spreading. Today, a question of priority.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3332: Dynamo
Episode: 3332 From DC Dynamo to AC Alternator. Today, the dynamo.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1453: Two Huygens and John Donne
Episode: 1453 Christiaan and Constantijn Huygens, and John Donne. Today, a tale of two Huygens and John Donne.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1451: Inventing the Library
Episode: 1451 Inventing the free public lending library: socialism in books. Today, we invent the library.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3331: What Is a Photo?
Episode: 3331 Some thoughts about photography and reality. Today, Let’s take pictures.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2513: Our Teachers
Episode: 2513 The Importance of Teachers in Shaping our Lives. Today, remembering our teachers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra
Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1449: Image and Reality
Episode: 1449 Another look at image and reality: Fake Triceratops and manuscript books. Today, more on images and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1448: Guillotin/Guillotine
Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1447: Eighteenth-Century Factory Maintenance
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2510: Reason in All Things
Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2488: Creator vs. Revisor
Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2823: Hypnotic Crimes
Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes. Today, hypnotic crimes.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1444: ThrustSSC : 763 MPH
Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1443: Praising the Famous
Episode: 1443 Some thoughts on fame and fortune in technology. Today, thoughts on fame and fortune.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1442: Walter Chrysler and the texture of fame
Episode: 1442 Walter Chrysler and the texture of fame. Today, an odd glimpse of the texture of fame.
The Engines of our Ingenuity 1441: Secret New York
Episode: 1441 The secret places that define a city. Today, we look for the secret places that complete a city.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2507: The Unsung Engineer
Episode: 2507 The Unsung Engineer: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. Today, celebrating the mechanical arts.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3330: Castle Drogo
Episode: 3330 Building 20th century Castle Drogo Designed by Edwin Lutyens. Today, building a twentieth-century Castle.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2816: Beginning Volcanology
Episode: 2816 Sir William Hamilton and the Beginnings of Volcanology. Today, the beginnings of volcanology.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1440: Steam Engines in England
Episode: 1440 Steam engines in England during the 18th century. Today, a look at steam engines in 18th-century England.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1439: A Capital Ship on an Ocean Trip
Episode: 1439 A capital ship on an ocean trip: a reflection on battleships. Today, let's talk about battleships.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1438: The XP-75
Episode: 1438 The story of a failed airplane design -- the XP-75. Today, we try to build a perfect airplane.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1436: Adding It Up in 1910
Episode: 1436 Adding it up in 1910: A book grapples with the coming 20th century. Today, a world prepares to be transformed.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2503: Rod Serling
Episode: 2503 Story-Teller Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone. Today, a story — submitted for your approval.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2684: Will Computers Replace Scientists?
Episode: 2684 Will Computers Replace Scientists? Today, will computers replace scientists?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2873: Encounter of the Third Kind
Episode: 2873 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life; Drake Equation Explained; Aliens from Other Planets. Today, an encounter of the third kind.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1435: Rudolph Diesel
Episode: 1435 Rudolf Diesel, his engine, and a look at invention. Today, meet Rudolf Diesel.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1434: Systems, Complexity, and Simplicity
Episode: 1434 Reflections on systems, complexity, and modern life. Today, let's see what happens when our technologies join forces.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1432: Decisiveness
Episode: 1432 Thoughts in dispraise of decisiveness. Today, let's not decide.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1431: Dogs
Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us. Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, and Kubrick
Episode: 2501 Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.