Jacob Bronowski The Ascent Of Man Pdf
Jacob Bronowski The Ascent Of Man
Jacob Bronowski, (born January 18, 1908, Poland—died 22, 1974, U.S.), Polish-born British mathematician and man of letters who eloquently presented the case for the humanistic aspects of.While Bronowski was still a child, his family immigrated to Germany and then to England, where he became a naturalized British subject. He won a scholarship to the, where he studied. He not only achieved high honours in mathematics but also received critical acclaim for his poetry and prose.
After receiving his Ph.D. (1933) from Cambridge, he taught mathematics (1934–42) at the University College of Hull. During Bronowski pioneered in a field now known as and worked to increase the effectiveness of Allied bombing. After the war he headed the projects division of UNESCO (1948) and then worked for Britain’s National Coal Board (1950–63).When Bronowski, on a scientific mission to to study the effects of the atomic bombings (1945), saw firsthand the ruins of Nagasaki, he gave up military research. From that time on, he concentrated on the as well as the technological aspects of science, and he shifted his attention from mathematics to the life sciences, the study of, and the evolution of. Among his books are The Common Sense of Science (1951) and the highly praised Science and Human Values (1956; rev.
The Ascent Of Man Summary
In these books Bronowski examined aspects of science in nontechnical language and made a case for his view that science needs an in order to function. In The Identity of Man (1965) he sought to present a unifying of human nature. He also wrote William Blake, 1757–1827: A Man Without a Mask (1943), revised as William Blake and the Age of Revolution (1965), and four radio plays.