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How Smart Can We Get?

Season 6 Episode 7 | 52m 16s

See inside Einstein's brain, learn how to boost your memory, meet people who became savants after an injury, and more.

Aired: 11/15/12 | Rating: TV-PG

Funding for NOVA ScienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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