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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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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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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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1234: West Baden Springs Hotel and Spa
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Episode: 1234 The biggest domed structure before the Houston Astrodome. Today, who were we in 1900?By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1233: Baden Baden-Powell
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Episode: 1233 Today, the empire finally takes to the air. Baden-Powell flies in balloons, airplanes, and even kites.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2307: Nature’s Engineer
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Episode: 2307 A Canadian-American icon and nature's engineer: The Beaver. Today, scientist Andrew Boyd and nature's engineer.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3077: The Battle of Navarino
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Episode: 3077 When is a Victory not a Victory? The Battle of Navarino Today, we ask: when is a victory not a victory?By Richard H. Armstrong
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3072: William Gossett
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Episode: 3072 The brewer, chemist and statistician William Sealy Gosset. Today, a master brewer and a statistician.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1232: Very Early Music
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Episode: 1232 A Neanderthal flute made from the thigh of a cave bear. Today, the oldest musical instrument.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1231: Automobile Advertising
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Episode: 1231 In which automobile advertising mirrored the public. Today, we trace a new technology through advertisements.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1230: Mathematics After 2000
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Episode: 1230 The problem of teaching mathematics in a computer world. Today, let's teach math to our grandchildren.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1229: Double-Entry Bookkeeping
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Episode: 1229 The invention of double entry bookkeeping. Today, we learn to keep track of our money.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2303: William LeMessurier
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Episode: 2303 William LeMessurier corrects his error -- in public. Today, scientist Andrew Boyd averts disaster.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2751: Mrs. Wilson of the Mayo Clinic
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Episode: 2751 Mrs. Maud Mellish Wilson, architect of the Mayo Clinic's style of medical writing. Today, we look at a woman who made medical history.By Megan Cole
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3302: Raiders, The Remake
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Episode: 3302 Imitation, Originality, and the Creativity of Fan Culture. Today, when imitation is a good thing.By Karen Fang
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1228: In Which Europe Quantifies
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Episode: 1228 Medieval Europe learns to measure reality with numbers. Today, why did Europe emerge so rapidly from the medieval age?By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1227: Paper From Mummy Wrappings
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Episode: 1227 So, did we ever make paper from a mummy's linen wrappings? Today, the mummy's curse.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1226: Ricci’s Memory Place
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Episode: 1226 In which Matteo Ricci tries to convert the Chinese by building a memory palace. Today, a memory palace in an odd place and the wrong time.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1225: The First Daredevil
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Episode: 1225 Lincoln Beachey, first great daredevil of heavier-than-air flight. Today, the death of Lincoln Beachey.By Dr. John Lienhard
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2301: Making Flat Into Round
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Episode: 2301 Making sports balls: how to get from flat to round. Today, scientist Andrew Boyd makes flat into round.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3193 Purple Men: The History of the Color Purple. Today, we see purple.By Celeste Williams
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3071: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
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Episode: 3071 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Sciences. Today, the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1224: Time and Efficiency
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Episode: 1224 On filling time and compressing time: electronic communication. Today, we compress time.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1223: Ghosts From the Sky
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Episode: 1223 Ghosts from the sky: a visit to the Oshkosh Fly-in. Today, a surprising way to preserve our past.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1221 Large hall acoustics: drifting away from reality. Today, we try to hear the music in a large hall.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1220: Hill’s Color Photography
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Episode: 1220 In which Levi Hill invents color photography 80 years too soon. Today, the first color photographs.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2296 Moog the man and Moog the machine: a lesson in engineering design. Today, we meet a musical engineer with guest scientist Andrew Boyd.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2728: The Laxey Wheel
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Episode: 2728 The Great Laxey Wheel; The Water Wheel at the Peak of Function and Grace. Today, the Laxey Wheel.By Michael Barratt
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3056: The Truth About Ingenuity
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Episode: 3056 The Truth About Ingenuity. Today, the truth about ingenuity.By Richard H. Armstrong
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Episode: 1219 A chance encounter with a hero: Ploesti remembered. Today, a chance meeting with a hero.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1218: In Galveston’s Alley
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Episode: 1218 Galveston's alleys and the democratization of low incomes. Today, walk with me through Galveston's alleys.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1217: Giant Earth-Movers
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Episode: 1217 Large earth movers: a paradox of large and small. Today, we find some very big machines.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1216 Insect wings/human wings: trying to copy what can't be copied. Today, we try to fly on a bee's wings.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2290: The Regular Solids
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Episode: 2290 The Platonic "regular" solids: mathematics and divinity. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd looks at some divine shapes.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3187 The Raspberry Pi, a Small Computer with a Lot of Flavor. Today, a very sweet computer.By Fitz Walker
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3301: The Dawn of Psychophysics
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Episode: 3301 Gustav Fechner and the origins of psychophysics. Today, Gustav Fechner and the mathematics of the senses.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3300: Invention-Innovation
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Episode: 3300 Invention-Innovation. Today, is it invention or innovation?By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1215: The Tyranny of Large Numbers
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Episode: 1215 The tyranny of large numbers: of averages and ubiquity. Today, large numbers do some strange things.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1214 Medieval Novgorod, more advanced than we realized. Today, an old city coughs up a surprising secret.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1213: Theory and Experiment
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Episode: 1213 Experiment, theory, and the role of the computer. Today, the old question about theory and experiment comes back to haunt us.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2284: Beautiful Books
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Episode: 2284 Books by the foot: the ultimate reductio ad absurdum. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd finds a new use for books.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2869 James Watt's introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.By Roger Kaza
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Episode: 3050 Space Travel. Today, the mathematics of space travel.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites
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Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1211 Theodore Roosevelt and the mad Marquis create Medora ND. Today, we visit Medora, North Dakota.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism
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Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing. Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1209: Writing About Flight
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Episode: 1209 Early fliers -- all seem to've been good-looking and literate. Today, we write about flight.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2237: Modeling the Atom
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Episode: 2237 Modeling the atom: Making quantum uncertainty reveal corporeal solidity. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd models the atom.By Dr. Andy Boyd
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3044: Randomized Clinical Trials
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Episode: 3044 Randomized Clinical Trials. Today, statistics, evidence and medicine.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3299: Vernor Vinge Sees our Future
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Episode: 3299 Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of technology. Today, Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of computation.By Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1208: The Panama Railroad
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Episode: 1208 The first transcontinental railroad -- and no golden spike! Today, we build the first transcontinental railroad.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1207 In which a balustrade shows us that laws were made to be broken. Today, we see how laws were made to be broken.By Dr. John Lienhard
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1206: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Episode: 1206 Harriet Beecher Stowe: "No talent, only genius." Today, a woman turns slavery from theoretical wrong into personal evil.By Dr. John Lienhard
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