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Human Intelligence

Human Intelligence

by BBC Radio 4

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Conversationalists: Homer

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In Human Intelligence, Naomi Alderman dissects the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think and realising that great minds don't, in fact, think alike.

Episodes

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  • Conversationalists: Homer · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Conversationalists: Fatema Mernissi · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Conversationalists: Isabella D'este · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Conversationalists: Desmond Tutu · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Conversationalists: Voltaire · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Provocateurs: Elinor Ostrom · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Provocateurs: Eugène-Francois Vidocq · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Provocateurs: Sigmund Freud · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Provocateurs: Salvador Dalí · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Provocateurs: Cicero · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Recluses: Nikola Tesla · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Recluses: Li Qingzhao · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Recluses: Michel de Montaigne · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Recluses: Ibn Khaldun · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Recluses: Emily Brontë · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Perfectionists: Martha Graham · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Perfectionists: Leonardo Da Vinci · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Perfectionists: Al-Khwarizmi · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Perfectionists: Simone Weil · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
  • Perfectionists: Isambard Kingdom Brunel · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…

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