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Human IntelligenceSeries 1Episodes

  1. Tomorrow14:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Teachers: Mary Somerville

    A remarkable 19th-century polymath inspired by the natural world and the universe beyond.

  2. Monday14:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Teachers: Peter Ramus

    A radical teacher who believed passionately in knowledge and education for all.

  3. Wednesday20:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Teachers: Diogenes

    The irascible Greek thinker who lived in a barrel and argued for a simpler happier life.

  4. Wed 22 Apr 202620:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Collectors: Sei Shōnagon

    The author of a Japanese masterpiece who saw the beauty and absurdity in everyday life.

  5. Wed 29 Apr 202620:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Collectors: Denis Diderot

    The Enlightenment encyclopaedist; the ultimate interdisciplinary thinker.