Dr. Frank Vertosick - Evolutionary Intelligence

The Genius Within: Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing

Neurosurgeon Dr. Frank Vertosick is the author of “The Genius Within, Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing,” a book that discusses learning among all species. He talks about learning through evolution or alteration of the genetic structure as compared to learning the way we more commonly think of it, by studying or by experience.

Dr. Frank Vertosick recommends “Linked: The New Science of Networks,” by Albert Lazlso-Barbasi.

Originally Broadcast: October 9, 2002

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Dr. Gerda Lerner - The Foremother of Women’s History

Fireweed: A Political Autobiography

The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received academic attention. Professor Gerda Lerner is a pioneer of the study of women’s history and a founder of the movement to study and record the history of women. She has placed particular emphasis on the differences among women due to class, race and sexual orientation.

Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002

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