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Extraordinary Minds

Howard Gardner talked about his new book, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits of Exceptional Individuals and an Examination of Our Extraordinarin… read more

Howard Gardner talked about his new book, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits of Exceptional Individuals and an Examination of Our Extraordinariness, published by Basic Books. The book examines what makes people extraordinarily mentally gifted through details of the lives of Mozart, Virginia Woolf, Freud, and Gandhi. He also talked about his research on some other historical figures, such as Igor Stravinsky, and what they reveal about the characteristics of extraordinary intelligence. close

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First Aired:
Oct 05, 1997 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Jan 29, 2008 | 1:30am EST | C-SPAN 3

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  • Oct 05, 1997 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Oct 05, 1997 | 11:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Oct 06, 1997 | 5:57am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Jan 29, 2008 | 1:30am EST | C-SPAN 3
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