Dr Bronowski's magnificent thirteen-part BBC television series The Ascent of Man traces our rise both as a species and as moulders of our own environment and future. 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.
Show Info
Schedule: Saturdays at 21:00
(50 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
Genres:
History
Episodes ordered: 13 episodes
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Previous Episode
The Long Childhood
Episode 1x13; Jul 28, 1973
In this final program Bronowski - poet, playwright, mathematician, philosopher - draws together many threads of the series. He takes stock of man's complex, sometimes precarious, ascent. Argues that man's growth to self-knowledge is the longest child…
Previous Episodes
| Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
|---|---|---|
| 1x13: The Long Childhood | Jul 28, 1973 | |
| 1x12: Generation Upon Generation | Jul 21, 1973 | |
| 1x11: Knowledge or Certainty | Jul 14, 1973 |
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