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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 1538: The Face of a Century
Episode: 1538 In which the various centuries show their faces. Today, we ask what a century looks like.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1537: Life on the Moon
Episode: 1537 John Wilkins talks about life on the Moon, in 1638. Today, life on the moon.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
Episode: 1532 The invention and selling of the typewriter. Today, the typewriter teaches us its purpose.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562: Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics
Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3354: Wharton Esherick
Episode: 3354 Wharton Esherick's finely-crafted furniture, objects, and art enliven the studio building he designed and constructed. Today, building...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships
Episode: 1525 Liberty ships: an amateur takes over the trade. Today, an amateur builds ships.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire
Episode: 1524 The other great fire of 1871: Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Today, the other great fire.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses
Episode: 1523 On saying goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses. Today, we say goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients
Episode: 1520 In which automobile makers gradually learn aerodynamics. Today, aerodynamics and automobiles.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness
Episode: 2862 Randomness out of Nothingness. Today, let's talk about how to pick random numbers out of thin air.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3349: Inhuman Distances
Episode: 3349 The Inhuman Distances of the Speed of Light. Today, inhuman distances.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2554: Slogans and Jingles
Episode: 2554 The Creativity of Slogans and Jingles. Today, "think different."
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2881: Racial Mythologies: Günther vs. Huxley
Episode: 2881 Racial Mythologies: Hans Günther vs. Julian Huxley on the Concept of Race. Today, poison in the library.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1513: The Accidental Creationist
Episode: 1513 The Accidental Creationist: In which science changes with the telling of it. Today, the problem of telling about science.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2552: Frederick the Great, Patron of the Arts
Episode: 2552 Frederick the Great, Patron of the Arts. Today, what made Frederick great?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2836: Bumping Into Signs
Episode: 2836 Bumping into Signs: Emergent Semiotic Spaces. Today, signs of the times.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2243: Organizing for Disaster
Episode: 2243 Organizing for disaster: One place where New Orleans did it right. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, prepares for a ra...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith's hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1509: Roads, Canals, and Railways
Episode: 1509 Late 18th century competition among roads, canals and railways. Today, we look at roads, canals, and railways.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2550: Napoleon’s Theorem
Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon's Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1503: New Women Fliers
Episode: 1503 The second generation of women fliers comes to maturity. Today, a new generation of women fliers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1502: The Temptress Moon
Episode: 1502 In which the temptress Moon leads calendar-makers astray. Today, the moon deceives us.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2038: Leap Second
Episode: 2038 Putting a leap second in an elastic year. Today, we add a second to our lives.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe
Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe. Today, we learn to use a new axe.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1496: Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy. Today, we meet a Confederate spy.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let's talk about creativity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal
Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon
Episode: 2674 The Royal Navy Surgeon; Taking Medicine to Sea in the Age of Sail. Today, the Royal Navy Surgeon.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3345: Tacheometry
Episode: 3345 In which I learn that an old book is not about tachometry but tacheometry instead. Today, a set of misunderstandings.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1478: Statue of Liberty
Episode: 1478 A sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty. Today, a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2538: Cheese
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say "cheese."
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1467: Napoleon and Iron
Episode: 1467 Napoleon Bonaparte and Iron in France. Today, Napoleon builds iron monuments.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1461: Telescopes
Episode: 1461 George Everett Hale and BIG telescopes. Today, we look through some really big telescopes.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1460: Chindogu
Episode: 1460 The little-known Japanese art of Chindogu. Today, the odd Japanese art of Chindogu.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1459: Teaching and Ambiguity
Episode: 1459 A tongue-tied attempt to say what teaching is. Today, teaching and ambiguity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1458: Streetcars in Houston
Episode: 1458 The brief bright day of the electric trolley in Houston. Today, let's ride the Houston trolley.