
MIT Compass
MIT Compass: Thinking & Talking About Being Human is a show about exploring fundamental questions: What do we value – and why? What do we know – and how do we know it? What do we owe to each other? Hosted by MIT professors from across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, each episode takes on the moral and social questions of the human experience.
MIT Compass
What is genius?
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MIT Compass
This episode explores the question ”What makes a genius and why does it matter?” with insights from MIT professors of music, math, physics, and history of science.
Featuring: Emily Richmond Pollock, Professor of Music (host); Larry Guth, Professor of Mathematics; and, David Kaiser, Professor of Physics and History of Science (STS).
This podcast was created as part of the MIT Compass Initiative, 21.01: “Love, Death, and Taxes.” For more information about Compass check out compass.mit.edu.
This podcast was recorded at the MIT AV Studios, and produced by Adina Karp.