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In Search of Eden

Neuroscientist and Eden-seeker Paul Howard-Jones investigates the downside of knowledge.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Digital Eden
Paul Howard-Jones finds that the digital world is taking us further from Eden than ever.
09 Sep 2016,15 mins
Cursed Is the Ground
Paul Howard-Jones looks at the links between knowledge and conflict.
08 Sep 2016,15 mins
The Flaming Sword
Paul Howard-Jones finds out what we lose when we learn to read and to count.
07 Sep 2016,15 mins
Every Beast of the Field
Paul Howard-Jones looks at rock art in southern France and dresses as a rabbit in Hereford
06 Sep 2016,15 mins
A Garden Eastward in Eden
Neuroscientist Paul Howard-Jones finds out if we can forget what we do not want to know.
05 Sep 2016,15 mins