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The programme surveys theories and practices connected with the head - skull, features, brain etc., from physiognomy and phrenology, through to brain surgery and mind-altering drugs. It deals espe...cially with Lavater on physiognomy and Darwin on expression. The programme also shows the connections between scientific theories and the societies in which these theories are current.
The programme surveys theories and practices connected with the head - skull, features, brain etc., from physiognomy and phrenology, through to brain surgery and mind-altering drugs. It deals espe...cially with Lavater on physiognomy and Darwin on expression. The programme also shows the connections between scientific theories and the societies in which these theories are current.
| Module code and title: | A381, Science and belief: from Darwin to Einstein |
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| Item code: | A381; 06 |
| Recording date: | 31-01-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Peter Walton |
| Narrator: | Gary Watson |
| Contributor: | Robert Young |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Brain; Phrenology |
| Production number: | FOUA058R |
| Videofinder number: | 1210 |
| Available to public: | no |
