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A History of the BrainEpisodes

  1. 10. Einstein's Brain

    10/10Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.

  2. 9. All or Nothing

    9/10The impact of the electroencephalograph, which made brain waves visible.

  3. 8. The Agony and the Ecstasy

    8/10Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.

  4. 7. Mind the Gap

    7/10Dr Geoff Bunn discovers Freud's original contribution was via the microscope.

  5. 6. The Beast Within

    6/10The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.

  6. 5. The Spark of Being

    5/10Dr Geoff Bunn examines the influence of the 18th-century preoccupation with electricity.

  7. 4. Spirits in the Material World

    4/10Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.

  8. 3. The Origin of Common Sense

    3/10Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.

  9. 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

  10. 1. A Hole in the Head

    1/10Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.