The Ascent of Man

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The Ascent of Man J. Bronowski
Dr Bronowski's magnificent thirteen-part BBC television series The Ascent of Mon traced our rise -both as a species and as moulders of our own environment and future. This is the book of the programmes. It covers the history of science, but of science in the broadest terms. Invention from the flint tool to geometry, from the arch to the theory of relativity, are shown to be expressions of man's specific ability to understand nature, to control it, not to be controlled by it. Dr Bronowski's rare grasp not only of science, but also of its historical and social context, gave him great advantages as an historian of ideas. It is a book which gives us a new perspective not just on science, but on civilisation.
Dr Jacob Bronowski, who was born in Poland in 1908, died in 1974. His family had settled in Britain and he was educated at Cambridge University.
He was distinguished not only as a scientist but also as the author of books and broadcasts on the... Tovább

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The Ascent of Man J. Bronowski
Dr Bronowski's magnificent thirteen-part BBC television series The Ascent of Mon traced our rise -both as a species and as moulders of our own environment and future. This is the book of the programmes. It covers the history of science, but of science in the broadest terms. Invention from the flint tool to geometry, from the arch to the theory of relativity, are shown to be expressions of man's specific ability to understand nature, to control it, not to be controlled by it. Dr Bronowski's rare grasp not only of science, but also of its historical and social context, gave him great advantages as an historian of ideas. It is a book which gives us a new perspective not just on science, but on civilisation.
Dr Jacob Bronowski, who was born in Poland in 1908, died in 1974. His family had settled in Britain and he was educated at Cambridge University.
He was distinguished not only as a scientist but also as the author of books and broadcasts on the arts. Many viewers will remember his science programmes on television: he also wrote radio plays, including one which woirthe Italia Prize.
Dr Bronowski, who was an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, had lived and worked in America since 1964, as a Senior Fellow and Director of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California.
These are some of the press comments on the programmes:
'his enthusiastic intelligence comes bursting out of the screen with all its old magic.' (Sunday Times Elkan Allan)
'the most colossal concept I have ever come across in television, and I doubt whether there is another broadcasting organisation in the world which could have undertaken it and succeeded.' (Finandal Times Chris Dunkley)
'a dedicated scholar disgorging beliefs and understandings which have been welling up for half a lifetime. All he had to do was to find the right form. The form, as has been widely remarked, is splendid;' (Daily Telegraph Richard Last)
'The Ascent of Man is absolutely fascinating.'
(Daily Mirror Mathew Coady) Vissza