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| Title | : | The Ascent of Man |
| Author | : | Jacob Bronowski |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 520 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 1976 by Little Brown and Company (first published 1973) |
| Categories | : | Science. History. Nonfiction. Philosophy. Anthropology |
Jacob Bronowski
Paperback | Pages: 520 pages Rating: 4.19 | 5623 Users | 217 Reviews
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Lauded by critics & devoured by readers, this companion to the BBC series traces the development of science as an expression of the special gifts that characterize humans & make us preeminent animals. Bronowski's exciting, illustrated investigation offers a perspective not just on science, but on civilization itself. Lower than the angels Foreword The harvest of the seasons The grain in the stone The hidden structure The music of the spheres The starry messanger The majestic clockwork The drive for power The ladder of creation World within world Knowledge or certainty Generation upon generation The long childhood Bibliography IndexMention Books Concering The Ascent of Man
| Original Title: | The Ascent of Man |
| ISBN: | 0316109339 (ISBN13: 9780316109338) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1974) |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 5623 Users | 217 ReviewsColumn About Books The Ascent of Man
"It's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That's false, tragically false. Look for yourself. This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance, it was done by dogma, it was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is howWriting is a revitalizing experience. It changes your mind, and it turns your body into a magical soul. Although I dont believe in spiritualisms, I am truly confident that the human condition is perpetuated by our own behaviours. In the end, it isnt really important the way we lived, but why we lived. Did we populate the Earth to reproduce and eat, like 99 percent of all other species? Or were we born in order to shift the perspective of our universe? By reading the immensely significant
This book feels a bit aged (it's published approx 1972). It does a good job of telling the story of how we got here, but doesn't really want to address the "why" question, despite exuding a boundless optimism that the direction we're going is "right".
I never thought I'd say this, but this book would be better if it had been written by an anthropologist rather than a mathematician.The Ascent of Man is the companion book to the 1973 BBC documentary of the same name; I didn't realise this when I bought it (I haven't seen it), but I remembered I knew of its existence upon reading the introduction. It certainly reads like a BBC documentary, with a tediously slow and pompous prose that works better for television narration by David Attenborough or
This book is based on a television documentary series produced in 1973 by the BBC in association with Time-Life Films. The title alludes to The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin. The book traces the development of human society through its understanding of science.The book is written in a rather odd and stilted style which I found completely bizarre at times. Here's an example:"The role of women in nomad tribes is narrowly defined. Above all, the function of women is to produce men-children; too
"It's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That's false, tragically false. Look for yourself. This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance, it was done by dogma, it was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how
I did not finish this book so I won't officially count it in my own stats as read. But there's no real way to indicate that here. They need an "abandoned" choice. The reason why I'm reviewing it is because there are numerous errors in the first chapter that make this a problematic read. That's as far as I got. These errors have to do with human evolution. This book was originally published in 1973 so that explains some of the mistakes, but not all. And the mistakes that would not be blamed on
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