The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination

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The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
JACOB BRONOWSKI
'A gem of enlightenment. . . . One rejoices in Bronowski's dedication to the identity of acts of creativity and of imagination, whether in Blake or Yeats or Einstein or Heisenberg."—Kirkus Reviews
'According to Bronowski, our account of the world is dictated by our biology: how we perceive, imagine, symbolize, etc. He proposes to explain how we receive and translate our experience of the world so that we achieve knowledge. He examines the mechanisms of our perception; the origin and nature of natural language; formal systems and scientific discourse; and how science, as a systematic attempt to estaWish closed systems one after another, progresses by exploring its own errors and new but unforeseen connections [A] delightful look at the inquiring mind.'' —Library Journal
'Eminently enjoyable to read, with a good story or 'bon mot' on eveiy page."—Nature
'A well-written and brilliantly... Tovább

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The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
JACOB BRONOWSKI
'A gem of enlightenment. . . . One rejoices in Bronowski's dedication to the identity of acts of creativity and of imagination, whether in Blake or Yeats or Einstein or Heisenberg."—Kirkus Reviews
'According to Bronowski, our account of the world is dictated by our biology: how we perceive, imagine, symbolize, etc. He proposes to explain how we receive and translate our experience of the world so that we achieve knowledge. He examines the mechanisms of our perception; the origin and nature of natural language; formal systems and scientific discourse; and how science, as a systematic attempt to estaWish closed systems one after another, progresses by exploring its own errors and new but unforeseen connections [A] delightful look at the inquiring mind.'' —Library Journal
'Eminently enjoyable to read, with a good story or 'bon mot' on eveiy page."—Nature
'A well-written and brilliantly presented defense of the scientific enterprise which could be especially valuable to scientists and to teachers of science at all levels."—AAAS Science Books & Films
"[These essays] are in Bronowski's best vein as one who could address layman and scientist together."— JJte Wall Street Journal
Jacob Bronowski was at the time of his death in 1974 Senior Fellow of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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