Category: Tomorrow

Episode: 2487 John von Neumann's ideas on the similarities and differences of computers and brains.  Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about brains, computers and John von Neumann.

Episode: 2143 In which Emma Lazarus reinvents the Statue of Liberty.  Today, UH scholar Dorothy Baker tells us about Emma Lazarus.

Episode: 1278 The Quonset hut: a design with remarkable staying power.  Today, we build an instant house.

Episode: 1277 Railroads in winter: finding our way through the snow.  Today, rails and snow.

Episode: 1276 In which the art leads the mind how to cast light on nature.  Today, light calls up the creative muse.

Episode: 1275 Merthyr Tydfil, a window into the squalid conditions after the Industrial Revolution.  Today, let's visit Merthyr Tydfil.

Episode: 2361 Making ethanol from cellulose.  Today, we make moonshine.

Episode: 2279 In which medical people learn how to save babies on the boardwalk.  Today, our guest, medical historian Julie Anderson takes us to see premature babies at carnival sideshows.