Dr Jacob Bronowksi's "The Ascent of Man" traces the development of human society through our understanding of science. First published in 1973 to accompany the groundbreaking BBC television series, it is considered one of the first works of 'popular science', illuminating the historical and social c[...]
Offers an interpretation of Blake's art and poetry in the context of the revolutionary period in which he was working.[...]
Explains how science is done and how scientists think. The author isolates three creative ideas that have been central to science: the idea of order, the idea of causes and the idea of chance.[...]
A continuation of the author's quest to make science part of our world and to hold that world to the rational and ethical values of the liberated human spirit. It describes how he arrived in Nagasaki in the autumn of 1945, and saw what looked like broken rocks 'the ruins of industrial buildings'.[...]