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"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.
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Ascent of Man (Students Guide)
June 1974, Little Brown & Co (T)
Paperback
in English
0316569402 9780316569408
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"The Ascent of Man was first published by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1973. This Folio Society edition follows the 2011 edition by BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, with minor emendations" -- Title page verso.
"Frontispiece: Leonardo da Vinci's studies of the foetus in the womb, 1510-13" -- Title page verso.
"Printed on Enterprise paper by Firmengruppe Appl, Wemding, Germany. Quarter-bound by them in buckram with paper sides, blocked with a design by Neil Gower" -- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and index.
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