The Engines of Our Ingenuity
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a long-running public radio program and essay series that explores the history and human stories behind technology, engineering, and scientific innovation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Engines of Our Ingenuity canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6045607 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Engines of Our Ingenuity Context triple: [John H. Lienhard, notableWork, The Engines of Our Ingenuity]
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A.
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Asimov's New Guide to Science is a comprehensive, accessible popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific discovery for general readers.
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B.
Adventures of Ideas
Adventures of Ideas is a philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that explores the historical development and interplay of ideas shaping civilization, culture, and human experience.
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C.
The David Susskind Show
The David Susskind Show was a long-running American television talk show known for its in-depth interviews and discussions on social, political, and cultural issues, hosted by producer and media figure David Susskind.
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D.
Science for All Americans
Science for All Americans is a landmark AAAS Project 2061 report that outlines the essential scientific literacy goals and concepts every American should understand.
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E.
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science is a comprehensive popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific thought for general readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Engines of Our Ingenuity Target entity description: The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a long-running public radio program and essay series that explores the history and human stories behind technology, engineering, and scientific innovation.
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A.
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Asimov's New Guide to Science is a comprehensive, accessible popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific discovery for general readers.
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B.
Adventures of Ideas
Adventures of Ideas is a philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that explores the historical development and interplay of ideas shaping civilization, culture, and human experience.
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C.
The David Susskind Show
The David Susskind Show was a long-running American television talk show known for its in-depth interviews and discussions on social, political, and cultural issues, hosted by producer and media figure David Susskind.
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D.
Science for All Americans
Science for All Americans is a landmark AAAS Project 2061 report that outlines the essential scientific literacy goals and concepts every American should understand.
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E.
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science is a comprehensive popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific thought for general readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational program
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essay series ⓘ radio program ⓘ |
| aim |
to connect engineering with culture
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to explain the history of technology ⓘ to make science and technology accessible to the public ⓘ |
| availableAs |
audio stream
ⓘ
podcast download ⓘ text transcripts ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Houston, Texas
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linked to:
Houston, Texas, United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John H. Lienhard ⓘ |
| distribution |
public radio
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syndicated to multiple stations ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
supplemental material for teaching engineering ethics
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supplemental material for teaching history of technology ⓘ |
| format |
scripted essays
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short episodes ⓘ |
| genre |
educational radio
ⓘ
history of technology ⓘ science communication ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | single-topic narrative per episode ⓘ |
| hasOnlineArchive | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
creativity in engineering
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historical context of inventions ⓘ interplay of technology and culture ⓘ |
| host | John H. Lienhard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
podcast
ⓘ
radio ⓘ written essays ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Houston Public Media
ⓘ
KUHF ⓘ |
| producer | Houston Public Media ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general public
ⓘ
lifelong learners ⓘ students ⓘ |
| topic |
engineering
ⓘ
history of engineering ⓘ history of science ⓘ human stories behind technology ⓘ scientific innovation ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| typicalEpisodeLength | short-form ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uh.edu/engines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Engines of Our Ingenuity Description of subject: The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a long-running public radio program and essay series that explores the history and human stories behind technology, engineering, and scientific innovation.
Referenced by (2)
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