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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THOUGHTS and DREAMS from a DADPRENUER! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Ingenuity/support
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Creative. Motivated. Ingenious. There’s only one group of people who have ever figured out how to deliver as much energy as the world wants. This is the show about how they did it. And how they keep doing it.
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Podcast by Hoff & Dunn
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James Caan discusses his impressive career and offers his top tips on running a successful business. As one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, his name has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. James also discusses his latest entry into the digital realm with his new app, James Caan Business Secrets. Moderated by editor from The Sunday Times, Paul Croughton, at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London.
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Episode: 1041 A Chinese pharmacopoeia -- 2000 years ago. Today, we ask how the Chinese managed to hide their candle under a bushel.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2441 Temple Geometry: Sacred Mathematics in Japan's Edo Period. Today, temple geometry.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2408 Roman Political Invective. Today, a look at Roman mudslinging.Richard H. Armstrong által
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Episode: 2249 Mrs. Coade's remarkable stones. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells about a woman who made artificial stone.Margaret Culbertson által
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Episode: 1040 Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe: virtues and vices. Today, an old Greek mummy tells us about the Renaissance.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1342 The Wright Brothers' fight for priority over Langley. Today, an attempt to rewrite history.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1341 A view of physiology in 1872 -- not that long ago. Today, let's look at medicine when my grandfather was young.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1340 Animals and emotion: figuring out what is obvious. Today, let's talk to animals.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2437 Cooking With Fire In the Colonial Period and Now. Today, fire in the kitchen.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2075 Rudolph Ackerman and his amazing chronicles of 19th-century art and technology. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a great chronicler of technology and art.Margaret Culbertson által
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Episode: 2382 The Invention of the American Paperboy during the Great Depression. Today, the invention of the paperboy.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1339 The Good Soldier Svejk, a fine organizational model. Today, an old, but very sound, book on corporate management.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1055 Reflections on roller skates, roller blades, and stability. Today, a strange parable of appearance and reality.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1054 In Praise of Bats. Today, we meet some beleaguered animals that should be our friends.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1052 In which wasps teach us to make paper from wood. Today, wasps try to teach us to make paper.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2434 Understanding the Relationship Between Physics and Metaphysics.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Dué listens to the Homeric epics.Casey Dué által
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Episode: 1051 A Conservation Laboratory keeps vanishing arts alive. Today, we ask: Just what is a conservator conserving?Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1049 Hugh Miller: a fundamentalist radicalizes 19th century geology. Today, a 19th-century geologist struggles with the creation of the earth.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1048 Medieval machines in a 20th century hydraulics text. Today, two 20th-century thinkers look at the end of an era. One sees it. One does not.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1047 In which I question the dubious practice of ghost-writing. Today, we ask, "Who writes our story?"Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2432 Engineering, Football, and What Makes a Good Prank. Today, engineering, football, and a good prank.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2841 Multiple Big Bangs and Multiple Universes; The Fantastical Multi-Reality of Multiverse. Today, we imagine the Big Bangs.Haleh Ardebili által
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Episode: 3238 Whitewash, as Metaphor and Practice. Today, whitewashing.Karen Fang által
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Episode: 1046 The mind of Faraday and the merging of science and religion. Today, a look inside the mind of a surprising scientist.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1045 A lesson in engineering design on the sports pages. Today, lessons in modern design from the sports pages.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1338 The century-long retention of masts and sails on steamships. Today, we wonder about sails on steam-powered ships.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1337 Frankenstein -- the monster of our obsessiveness. Today, we consider a favorite nightmare.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2429 The Birth of Betty Crocker. Today, America's First Lady of Food.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 3309 Shortwave Radio, the Original Information Super Highway. Today, we listen to the world.Fitz Walker által
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Episode: 3308 Why do we play board games? Today, board games as models of the world.Dr. Krešimir Josić által
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Episode: 1336 In which Diesel engines violate their own metaphor. Today, a new breed of Diesel engines fights an old metaphor.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1335 Santos-Dumas, Zeppelin, and the great airships. Today, we ride airships.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1334 Watching Europe go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Today, a story of wood, copper and iron.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1333 Energy is pure delight, the conservation of energy. Today, we chase a will-o-the-wisp.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2424 The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Today, we measure things.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2882 Eliezer Ben Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew. Today, the revival of an ancient language.Melissa Weininger által
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Episode: 1332 Filmstrips, as used in schools from the 1920s through the 1980s. Today, filmstrips.Roger Kaza által
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Episode: 1332 Moment of inertia, secrecy, and satellite stability. Today, government secrecy sabotages an early satellite.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1331 The Mississippi and Mark Twain's time warp. Today, a River in 1883.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1330 Electric lights in the 80 years before Edison. Today, we go looking for the first electric lights.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1329 16th Century scientist, Christiaan Huygens, looks for alien life. Today, an old inquiry into life on other planets.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2423 What's New? A Look at What it Means to be New. Today, what's new?Dr. Andy Boyd által
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Episode: 2373 The Phrasebook: A Dangerous Invention. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about German phrasebooks.Richard H. Armstrong által
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Episode: 3307 A Tool to Curb Pride: Don’t Believe Your Reviews. Today, A Tool to Curb Pride.Megan Cole által
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Episode: 1328 The medieval character of the wild West. Today, the wild West holds up a mirror to medieval life.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1327 Electricity in Everyday Life in 1904. Today, let's look for parallels.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1326 Lift-off: Reflections on the launch of NASA Flight STS-91. Today, we all count 3-2-1.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 1325 The day Mulholland's St. Francis Dam broke. Today, an almost-forgotten catastrophe.Dr. John Lienhard által
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Episode: 2422 John Muir, Naturalist and Engineer. Today, an unlikely engineer.Dr. Andy Boyd által
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