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The ascent of man
- Title
- The ascent of man / J. Bronowski.
- Author
- Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974
- Publication
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1974]
- ©1973
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
- Description
- 448 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "The Ascent of Man is nothing less than a full-scale history of science developed from the acclaimed thirteen-part BBC television series written by Jacob Bronowski, and traces the development of science as an expression of the special gifts that characterize man and that have made him unique among animal species. It journeys back through intellectual history in order to find 'the great monuments of human invention.' The author's informal history ranges throughout most of the western world, reaching into such out-of-the way places as Easter Island, Machu Picchu, Newton's library and Gauss's observatory, the Alhambra and the caves of Altamira. In each location, Bronowski considers the qualities of thought and imagination that compelled man first to analyze the physical world, and then to explore the invisible laws and structures above and beneath its surface. "Man ascends by discovering the fullness of his own gifts ... what he creates on the way are monuments to the stages in his understanding of nature and of self.""--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-442) and index.
- Source (note)
- of the Dedalus Foundation;
- Contents
- Lower than the angels -- The harvest of the seasons -- The grain in the stone -- The hidden structure -- The music of the spheres -- The starry messenger -- The majestic clockwork -- The drive for power -- The ladder of creation -- World within world -- Knowledge or certainty -- Generation upon generation -- The long childhood.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 24-4644
- ISBN
- 0316109304
- 9780316109307
- 0316569402
- 9780316569408
- 0316109339
- 9780316109338
- 0563170646
- 9780563170648
- LCCN
- 73020446
- OCLC
- 763593
- Author
- Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974, author.
- Title
- The ascent of man / J. Bronowski.
- Publisher
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1974]
- Copyright Date
- ©1973
- Edition
- [1st American ed.].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-442) and index.
- Local Note
- Copy in ReCAP 24-4644 inscribed.
- Source
- Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2024. NN
- Added Author
- Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 24-4644