Secrets of the Brain
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili goes on a journey through 600 million years of evolution to uncover how the human brain, the most complex structure known of in the universe, came to exist. With some 100 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion connections, the human brain is one of nature's greatest achievements. But how did something so incredibly sophisticated evolve from the simplest beginnings?
Secrets of the Brain airs on BBC Two HD at 12:10 AM, Thursday 2 October. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Jim Al-Khalili
Presenter
Tim Usborne
Director
Paul Sen
Executive Producer