The ascent of man is a thirteen-part documentary series produced television by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski.
Conceived as a series of documentaries of view in the form of Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation series 1969, the series received the applause of well-informed analysis, but simple eloquence of Bronowski, unscripted monologues long and extensive location shoots.
The title alludes to The Descent of Man, the second book on evolution by Charles Darwin. Over thirteen episodes of the series, Bronowski around the world to follow the development of human society through their understanding of science.
Series schedule:
The evolution of man from ape-proto 400,000 years ago – less than the angels.
The harvest of the season – early human migration, agriculture and the first settlements, war.
The grain of the stone – development tools architecture and sculpture.
The hidden structure – The fire, metals and alchemy.
Music of the Spheres – The language of numbers.
The Starry Messenger – Galileo’s universe.
Majestic mechanics – Explore Newton’s laws and Einstein.
The drive for power – the Industrial Revolution.
The ladder of Creation – Darwin and Wallace’s ideas on the origin of species.
World within the world – The history of the periodic table.
Knowledge or certainty – Physics and the clash of absolute knowledge, the oppressive state, and realize their doubts the result of its terrible outcome.
Generation after generation – life, genetics and cloning identically.
The long childhood – treated Bronowski on the commitment of man."
31 years ago, NASA experienced one of the greatest disasters in the history of the space program. The space shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds into the flight.The disas...
We all know Walt Disney as the guy responsible for making the best cartoons and animated movies. He started in the revolution when he released the first Mickey Mouse cartoon....
Diamonds are woman's best friends. Diamonds are the most prestigious of all gems, and every woman would do anything to wear one on her neck.We all know that diamonds are formed und...
The first association we get about stars in our universe is the Sun. The sun is one of the biggest stars we see on a daily basis. But the Sun is just one of the many stars in...
© 180Vita Ltd.·All rights reserved
