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 2618: Søren Kierkegaard
Episode: 2618 Søren Kierkegaard: Christian Existentialist. Today, an exit.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3112: Creative Editor
Episode: 3112 Donald Barthelme: Creative Editor. Today, a sheriff of an editor.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1660: Simple Gifts
Episode: 1660 Simplicity, complexity, and Shakespeare. Today, Seattle Actor Megan Cole is here to talk about complexity, simplicity, and Shakespeare.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1601: Dirt
Episode: 1601 Mother dirt. Today, let's play in the dirt.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1600: Adams’s Education
Episode: 1600 Henry Adams ponders the Virgin and the Dynamo. science, medieval architecture, Langley, 1900 Paris exhibition, Chartres cathedral.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1599: Urban Archaeology
Episode: 1599 Urban archaeology: a privy provides a window to the past. Today, history in a trash bin.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2614: Pixels
Episode: 2614 Engineering Pictures Made of Pixels. Today, painting with pixels.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity #3387: Burington’s Handbook
Episode: 3387 In which an old handbook keeps teaching me for almost eight decades years. Today, an old book keeps informing me.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3386: Fourth Dimension
Episode: 3386 In which the search for visualizing four dimensions leads, ultimately, to mathematics. Today, the missing dimensions.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1598: Surface Tension
Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent.Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1597: Ottoman Telegraph
Episode: 1597 The Ottoman Empire telegraph, linking Europe and Asia. Today, the telegraph connects Europe and Asia.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1596: The First Automobile?
Episode: 1596 Looking for the "first" automobile. Today, let's try to find the first automobile.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2611: Kepler’s Somnium
Episode: 2611 Early science fiction: Kepler's Somnium. Today, a dream.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3264: Hockney’s iPad Impressionism
Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art's Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3385: Blohm & Voss BV141
Episode: 3385 The weird Blohm & Voss BV141 airplane, and reflections on asymmetry. Today, a weird aeroplane.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3384: Alien Life Forms
Episode: 3384 Further thoughts about the search for extra-terrestrial life. Today, Alien life forms.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1595: Alfred Stieglitz
Episode: 1595 In which Alfred Stieglitz and 291 anticipate Modern. Today, Stieglitz and photography, art and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1594: The Mad Scientist
Episode: 1594 The Mad Scientist -- he keeps coming back. Today, the mad scientist.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325
Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2608: Maria Telkes
Episode: 2608 Maria Telkes: Solar Energy Pioneer. Today, here comes the sun.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3383: Mr. Herschel’s Millstone
Episode: 3383 Mr. Herschel’s Milky Way “millstone”. Today, an early Milky Way model.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3382: Disorder
Episode: 3382 Thoughts about coping with the disorder in our lives and the disorder in our world. Today, disorder.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3381: Shuttle-Carrier N905NA
Episode: 3381 The last ride of NASA’s Shuttle carrier, N905NA. Today, the last Shuttle-carrier.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1592: Specialized Language
Episode: 1592 In which we use fancy words instead of simple ones. Today, the quotidian denominator.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1591: Completed Technologies
Episode: 1591 Baroque violins and the notion of a completed technology. Today, let's talk about complete technologies.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1590: The Great Wall of China
Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China -- a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2606 More Beautiful Books
Episode: 2606 More Beautiful Books: revisiting books by the foot. Today, the measure of a book.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2888: Strength Through Joy Car
Episode: 2888 The Strength Through Joy Car: Hitler's Volkswagen and American Consumer Culture. Today, the "strength through joy" car.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1589: Pluto (The Planet)
Episode: 1589 Pluto: We finally reach the outer fringe of the Solar System. Today, we discover Pluto.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1588: Nieuport 17
Episode: 1588 The Nieuport 17, early harbinger of the finished WW-I fighter. Today, a case history of technological change.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1587: Early Warplanes
Episode: 1587 In which airplanes gradually learn to wage war. Today, we turn plowshares into swords.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1586: Topsell’s Beasts
Episode: 1586 Topsell's history of four-footed beasts and serpents. Today, a zoology book.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2603: Correlation
Episode: 2603 Correlation and Risk: When more egg baskets don't help. Today, eggs and baskets.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2893: The Magic on Batteries
Episode: 2893 How the batteries work; The electrodes and electrolytes; The Wonders of Electrochemistry. Today, the magic of batteries.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3380: Ergodicity
Episode: 3380 What underlies a term from physics: Ergodic (or Ergodicity). Today, let us steal a word from physics.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1585: Dissonance
Episode: 1585 In which the elephant Prathida teaches me about dissonance and Christmas. Today, dissonance, elephants, and the holiday season.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1584: Hugo Distler
Episode: 1584 Hugo Distler: Beleaguered pioneer of twentieth century music. Today, the brief moment of a musical genius.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1583: Glide Bombs
Episode: 1583 Glide Bombs and the unrevealed Rohna disaster. Today, the weapon we didn't know about.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2599: Strange Attractors and Imagery
Episode: 2599 The Art of Attraction: Imagery from Strange Attractors. Today, the art of attraction.