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A History of the Brain Episodes

  1. Mon 28 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    1. A Hole in the Head

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

  2. Tue 29 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    2. The Blood of the Gladiators

    2/10 Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain

  3. Wed 30 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    3. The Origin of Common Sense

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

  4. Thu 1 May 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    4. Spirits in the Material World

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

  5. Fri 2 May 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

    5. The Spark of Being

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