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The Engines of Our Ingenuity
URL: http://www.uh.edu/engines/

Description:
This searchable site contains the full transcripts of all 1550+ radio programs of the same title written and hosted by John Lienhard and broadcast on KUHF-FM, Houston. It "tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Topics range from cable cars to Civil War submarines, from the connection between Romantic poets and Victorian science to the invention of the bar code."

Author:
Lienhard, John

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Creative ability in technology
Technology -- Social aspects

LII Database Information:
Record 16043 created by Dana Lubow on 09/25/2000
Last modification on 09/27/2000
Published: 09/25/2000  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16043