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Engines of Our Ingenuity

Houston Public Media

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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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2956: Woody Guthrie’s...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/30

Episode: 2956 Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs. Today, a dam song.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2885: Big Numbers

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/29

Episode: 2885 Very Large Numbers. Today, let's talk about very large numbers.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2645: Arch

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/28

Episode: 2645 Eero Saarinen, Hannskarl Bandel and the creation of the Gateway Arch. Today, a chain and an arch.

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3:32

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1074: Imhotep

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/27

Episode: 1074 Imhotep, the first real person in recorded history. Today, let's meet the first real person in history.

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3:33

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1072: Probability

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/26

Episode: 1072 Of Dice and Death: Writing the theory of probability. Today, let's try to predict the future.

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3:36

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1071: A Gift of Turtle Eggs

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/25

Episode: 1071 A biology teacher gets fresh Turtle Eggs to Louis Agassiz. Today, a young biology teacher delivers a pail of turtle eggs.

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3:54

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3292: An Old Ruler

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/24

Episode: 3292 How an old ruler got around dimensional isolationism. Today, an old ruler.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2953: Chairlift

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/23

Episode: 2953 Engineering the Chairlift. Today, getting to the top.

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3:48

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3291: Osler’s Literary...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/21

Episode: 3291 Dr. Osler’s harmonious intersection of medicine and literature. Today, Dr. Osler’s Sympathetic Vibration.

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3:25

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1070: Wrong-Way Corrigan

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2023/11/20

Episode: 1070 Wrong Way Corrigan -- a last bit of fun before WW-II. Today, a pilot adds an expression to the English language.

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