A History of the BrainEpisodes Episode guide
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10. Einstein's Brain
10/10Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.
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9. All or Nothing
9/10The impact of the electroencephalograph, which made brain waves visible.
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8. The Agony and the Ecstasy
8/10Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.
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7. Mind the Gap
7/10Dr Geoff Bunn discovers Freud's original contribution was via the microscope.
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6. The Beast Within
6/10The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.
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5. The Spark of Being
5/10Dr Geoff Bunn examines the influence of the 18th-century preoccupation with electricity.
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4. Spirits in the Material World
4/10Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.
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3. The Origin of Common Sense
3/10Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.
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2. The Blood of the Gladiators
2/10Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain
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1. A Hole in the Head
1/10Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.
