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A History of the Brain Episodes

    10. Einstein's Brain

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

    9. All or Nothing

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

    8. The Agony and the Ecstasy

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

    7. Mind the Gap

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

    6. The Beast Within

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

    5. The Spark of Being

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

    4. Spirits in the Material World

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

    3. The Origin of Common Sense

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

    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

    1. A Hole in the Head

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