What Makes a Genius

Science, Technology Documentary hosted by Marcus du Sautoy and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Horizon series in 2010 - English narration


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What Makes a Genius?
Could you have come up with Einstein's theory of relativity? If not - why not?
This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself - or whether their brains are fundamentally different.
Marcus meets some remarkable individuals - Tommy, an obsessive artist who uses his whole house as his canvas; Derek: blind, autistic, and a pianist with apparently prodigious gifts; Claire, who is also blind, but whose brain has learnt to see using sound.
Marcus is shown how babies have remarkable abilities which most of us lose as teenagers. He meets a neuroscientist who claims he has evidence of innate ability, a scientist who's identified a gene for learning, and Dr. Paulus, who has discovered how to sharpen the brain... by electrically turbo-charging it.

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 * Video Codec: XviD
 * Video Bitrate: 1635 kbps
 * Video Resolution: 704x400
 * Video Aspect Ratio: 1.76
 * Frames per Second: 25
 * Audio Codec: CBR MP3
 * Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s 48000 Hz
 * Audio Languages: English,
 * RunTime Per Part: 58:53.76mins
 * Part Size: 746 MB/s
 * Number of Parts: 1
 * Subtitles: English
 * ripped by: artistharry
 * Source: DVB-rip



Links
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1)  Further Information 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein%27s_brain

2)  Related Documentaries 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Fermat%27s%20Last%20Theorem%20%28BBC%29 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=The%20Beauty%20of%20Diagrams 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=The%20Story%20of%20Maths%20%28BBC%29 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Genius 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Dangerous%20Knowledge 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Brain%20Story 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=My%20Brilliant%20Brain 
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Secrets%20of%20the%20Mind

3)  ed2k Links 




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