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Pbs: Lesson One: Creating Great Audio for Video
Young scholars will learn the basic concepts necessary to produce broadcast quality audio recordings of human speech (which can then be used in professional radio or television productions). Lesson 1 of 3.
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Read Works: Nj Physics Professor Has the 'Right Stuff'
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Dr. Greg Olsen, the third private citizen to travel to outer space. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 401: Ibm and the 1890 Census
Learn about the history of the Ferris wheel in this transcript of a radio broadcast. In this transcript of a radio broadcast, we learn about Herman Hollerith, who invented a method of quickly tabulating information from the 1890 census...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Battery Catamaran
A description of Fulton's steamboat and its influence on subsequent military warships. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. Includes some biographical information. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 315: 1909 Sears Roebuck Catalog
An informative article on what Americans could have bought from the Sears-Roebuck catalog back in 1909. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1758: Sinking the Bismarck
A new take on the sinking of the Bismarck. Due to finding the actual sunken ship, possible evidence was procured that may support the idea that the Bismarck was actually scuttled by the Germans. Regardless, the sinking of the Bismarck...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1373: Pittsburgh in 1816
Pittsburgh had a unique place in the nation after the War of 1812. It was an inland city and a rich source of iron. As such, it needed access to water for transport, and some of the first steamboats were used here. Read more about...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1420: The Erie Canal
Read about the history of the Erie Canal and the impact it had on the economy in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1338: The Last Masts
Read about the history of the steamboat and the difficult transition that led to the eventual relinquishing of a ship's sails. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1342: Wright and Langley
Read about the controversy that emerged over the authenticity of Samuel Pierpoint Langley's flying machine, and the response of the Wright Brothers to attempts to usurp their place in history. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1418: The Influence of War
Does war inevitably advance the invention of new technology? Read this explanation of why this commonly held belief may not be true, at least in the example of military aircraft. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1409: The Redoubtable Dc 3
Read about the success of the DC-3 passenger plane, which went into use in 1936, in overcoming the difficulties such planes had encountered up until then. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1319: Differential Analyzer
Read about the work of Vannevar Bush, who invented the differential analyzer, an analog computer. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1393: Inventing the Telegraph
Read about the history of the telegraph in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 445: An American Revolution
After the American Revolution, creativity began to flourish as writers and Romantic poets inspired the nation to re-invent itself. That public sensibility is briefly described in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 428: Maria Mitchell
Read about Maria Mitchell, one of the first female astronomers, in this transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 385: African Steel Making
Learn about the Hayas of Africa who made steel thousands of years before modern times. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 429: The Mismeasure of Man
Read about the work of Louis Agassiz and Samuel Morton, who tried to quantify humans into racial stereotypes. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 283: Aeronautics: 1869
Learn about the first efforts to build a flying machine in this discussion of a Harper's magazine article from 1869 in this transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 869: 1876 Technology
Learn about the information that can be found in an 1876 issue of a magazine, The Manufacturer and Builder, about the tools, machines, and innovations of that era, including a reference to a young Thomas Edison. This is a transcript of a...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 508: Ferris's Wheel
Learn about the history of the Ferris wheel in this transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 403: Digging Through Panama
Read about the history of the Panama Canal in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 413: Edwin Hubble
Learn about Edwin Hubble and the impact his ideas had on the field of astronomy in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.