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  • File Size: 2392 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Digital (July 31, 2011)
  • Publication Date: July 31, 2011
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849901155
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849901154
  • ASIN: B005BON6OW
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5.0 out of 5 starsEpiphany
By Home Popham on May 3, 2001
Format: Paperback
Other reviews in the section may give you a good idea of the content of this book. I would rather give you an idea of the impact that Bronowski had on one life.
When I was a small boy living in London over 25 years ago, my father used to take me to the Science Museum in South Kensington almost every Saturday to attend the afternoon lectures. One Saturday it was not a lecture that we attended but a film by a gentleman named Jacob Bronowski. I sat mesmorised by the episode of the 'Ascent of Man' that was shown that afternoon. I understood much of the science which was being discussed and already had a good grounding in the subject. But within the despcription of man's pursuit of understanding was a humanity that I had never experienced before. At the end of the film, Bronowski crouched by a pond in a concentration camp and scooped a handful of ashes from the pool of water and, fixing his steady eye on the camera, said, 'I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, consider you may be wrong'. Bronowski was quoting Cromwell, but in that brief moment was encapsulated the escence of science, humanity, art,and understanding. The Ascent of Man, in the 1970s an attempt to bring a deeper and wider understanding of science and humanity to the public, is now confined to Open University television schedules. The book remains available to all. It is a revelation. Bronowski was a giant. Read this book and you may come closer to an understanding of the world around you, but when you finally put it down, having formed an opinion,'consider you may be wrong'. As for me, I went on to study physics as a first degree and the arts as a higher degree. I share Bronowski's atheism but there is never a day that passes or an opinion I offer when I do not heed that advice and question the world around me.
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5.0 out of 5 starsEvolution of knowledge
By Enrique Torres VINE VOICE on October 24, 2002
Format: Paperback
One of my all time favorite books from college that is definitely a keeper and still relevent after all these years. If you read each chapter and view the corresponding video text it produce sa truly amazing insight into the development of mankinds knowledge. Similiar in style to "Connections" it is quite possibly more engrossing. The book is a fascinating journey , written in a style that illuminates the darkest and distant passages of time with lucidity and foresight. My personal favorite chapter(6) was The Starry Messenger which was eventually about(like knowledge Bronowski builds on the past) Galileo and his relationship with the Catholic Church as a result of his theories.I love this book and the understanding it gave me to subjects I felt less than interested in. This book has the power to make even the most abstract and esoteric theories interesting. A beautiful book that puts all the knowledge of the past into perspective in an entertaining manner that can lead a young mind into areas of interest they may never have persued. The book is also full of richly detailed photographs, full color prints and other visual aids that further explain the topic duscussed.I would recommened this book for any young student in high school or approaching college who is even remotely interested in the connections between science and the evolution of mankind. A great gift idea for that budding scientist or historian on your list.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA giddy and fascinating journey through scientific history
By Penguin Egg on April 16, 2002
Format: Hardcover
This is a fascinating book that grew out of a fascinating TV series. The Ascent of Man attempts to follow the ascendancy of Mankind from his first evolutionary footsteps in pre-history through each significant cultural progression right up into the modern day, which was 1973, the date of publication of this book. Bronowski had a brilliant intellect and a huge knowledge of science and the arts. He also had a gift of articulating his knowledge in such a way as to make it, not only assessable, but interesting. Nowhere were his gifts put to better use than in this book. Chapter by chapter, he takes us through the ascent of Man, starting from the Stone Age caves of Altamira and through into agriculture; the discovery of fire and the elements; Pythagoras and mathematics; Copernicus, Galileo and astrology; Newton and Einstein; the Industrial Revolution; Darwin, Wallace and Natural Selection; Gregor Mendel and the discovery of Genetics, and into the final chapter, The Long Childhood, where Bronowski argues that science is "the recognition of the uniqueness of man, and a pride in his gifts and works. It is not the business of science to inherit the earth, but to inherit the moral imagination; because without that man and beliefs and science will perish together." It's a giddy but satisfying journey.
There are parts that I did not understand; but most of it I did. This is not heavy reading. Bronowski had a real literary touch. Take this for example: "Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals; so that, unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape - he is a shaper of the landscape." These two beautiful sentences set the tone and the subject of the book perfectly, and it is a standard that never lapses.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Outstanding and Important Book
By A Customer on April 11, 1998
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Jacob Bronowski was a genuine Renaissance man. This, his most famous book, looks at the history of science from the perspective of Bronowski's deep, humanist philosophy. Bronowski--along with C.P. Snow--saw art and science as two aspects of the same human enterprise: that of understanding the world and expressing that world in human terms. Here Bronowski shows those connections: why Mendeleev's periodic table was part of "the greatest collective work of art" in history--that is, physics; why the Watts Towers of Los Angeles are like the molecules in a copper wire. THE ASCENT OF MAN is a symphony for which SCIENCE AND HUMAN VALUES was merely a prelude. An outstanding, and vitally important book. "I am infinitely saddened," Bronowski writes, "to find myself suddenly surrounded in the West by a terrible loss of nerve." We must not turn our backs on science--we must finally discover it. One of those writers whose every page contains a brilliant idea, Bronowksi is well worth reading. See also SCIENCE AND HUMAN VALUES, THE IDENTITY OF MAN, THE VISIONARY EYE, and my favorite, A SENSE OF THE FUTURE.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsGreat story great storyteller

Bronowski is a consummate story teller. His personal description of human history adds value to our understanding

Published 2 months ago by Amazon Customer
3.0 out of 5 starsKindle edition a real disappointment.

The BBC program thrived on vivid imagery and the hard copy of the book contains many photos. There are barely a dozen in the Kindle edition and they are very small. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Bruce Watson
5.0 out of 5 starsIncredible Book

As I expected it. No surprises Was wonderful

Published 5 months ago by The Healer
4.0 out of 5 starsInsightful, Impactful.

I first saw this series 40 years ago. The written word is as impactful as the video production is. Finally decided to add this to my permanent library.

Published 5 months ago by DWSchwen
5.0 out of 5 starsAnother wonderful read

This book is a precursor to "Sapiens" by Yuval Harari and both books are a joy to read. Too bad the PBS series hosted by Jacob is not available in the US.

Published 5 months ago by RLB
5.0 out of 5 starsA Giant Story from a Giant Mind

Bronowski's was a keen intellect with the rare ability to to convey his complex, often subtle subject matter in a way that makes it accessible to us of mere mortal IQ. Read more

Published 6 months ago by John Freeman
5.0 out of 5 starsI love Bronowski.

One of the smartest and most humane scientists of the XX century. A lovely writer too. There cannot be praise enough for the TV series. Get it if you can. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Alejandro Garciarrubio Granados
3.0 out of 5 starsHoping he'll like it.

I bought this as a gift for someone that has been looking for this book ... His birthday is in May ... Hoping he'll like it ... I received it in good condition

Published 9 months ago by Gabby
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Published 9 months ago by Firehousegal
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