The Essay - New Generation Thinkers
Series of essays playing host to bright young minds from Britain's top universities and think tanks
The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - Episode 1
Amira Bennison of Cambridge University discusses Islamic history and globalisation.
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The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - Episode 2
Mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal considers chaos, risk and the global credit crisis, asking whether financial difficulties can be predicted.
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The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - Episode 3
Charles Fernyhough of Durham University looks at developmental psychology and what the study of children's language can teach us.
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The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - Episode 4
Zoe Drayson of Bristol University explores the 'embodied' mind and the role of the body and the environment in producing intelligent behaviour.
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The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - Episode 5
Roberto Trotta, an astrophysicist from Imperial College, London, discusses so-called 'dark energy', asking what it might reveal about the place of mankind in the universe.
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