Engines of Our Ingenuity

By 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.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

July 11, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2284: Beautiful Books
Episode: 2284 Books by the foot: the ultimate reductio ad absurdum. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd finds a new use for books.
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July 10, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2869: Horsepower
Episode: 2869 James Watt's introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.
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4min
July 09, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3050: Space Travel
Episode: 3050 Space Travel. Today, the mathematics of space travel.
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4min
July 08, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites
Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.
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4min
July 07, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1211: Medora
Episode: 1211 Theodore Roosevelt and the mad Marquis create Medora ND. Today, we visit Medora, North Dakota.
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4min
July 06, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism
Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing. Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.
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July 05, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1209: Writing About Flight
Episode: 1209 Early fliers -- all seem to've been good-looking and literate. Today, we write about flight.
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July 04, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2237: Modeling the Atom
Episode: 2237 Modeling the atom: Making quantum uncertainty reveal corporeal solidity. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd models the atom.
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4min
July 03, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3044: Randomized Clinical Trials
Episode: 3044 Randomized Clinical Trials. Today, statistics, evidence and medicine.
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July 02, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3299: Vernor Vinge Sees our Future
Episode: 3299 Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of technology. Today, Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of computation.
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FAQs about Engines of Our Ingenuity:

How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,808 episodes available.