Engines of Our Ingenuity 1716: Bounding Billies

Episode: 1716 Bounding Billies: The century-long reign of the wound-rubber golf ball.  Today, our guest, operations researcher Andrew Boyd, tells about the simplest of toys, the golf ball.

Om Podcasten

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.