The Ascent of Man (1973)
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The Ascent of Man is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who also authored a book adaptation. Intended as a series of "personal view" documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark's 1969 series Civilisation, the series received acclaim for Bronowski's highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long, elegant monologues, and its extensive location shoots. The programme began broadcasting on BBC2 at 9 pm on Saturday, 5 May 1973 and was released in the US 7 January 1975.
01 Lower than the Angels - Evolution of humans from proto-ape to the modern form 400,000 years ago.
02 The Harvest of the Seasons - Early human migration, agriculture and the first settlements, and war.
03 The Grain in the Stone - Tools, and the development of architecture and sculpture.
04 The Hidden Structure - Fire, metals and alchemy.
05 Music of the Spheres - The language of numbers and mathematics.
06 The Starry Messenger - Galileo's universe - and the implications of his trial on the shift to "northern" science.
07 The Majestic Clockwork - Explores Newton and Einstein's laws.
08 The Drive for Power - The Industrial Revolution and the effect on everyday life.
09 The Ladder of Creation - Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species.
10 World within World - The story of the periodic table - and of the atom.
11 Knowledge or Certainty - Physics and the clash of the pursuit of absolute vs. imperfect knowledge, and the misgivings of the scientists realising the terrible outcome of the conflict. Auschwitz. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
12 Generation upon Generation - The joys of life, sex and genetics and the dark side of cloning.
13 The Long Childhood - Bronowski's treatise on the commitment of humanity.
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The Ascent of Man is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who also authored a book adaptation. Intended as a series of "personal view" documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark's 1969 series Civilisation, the series received acclaim for Bronowski's highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long, elegant monologues, and its extensive location shoots. The programme began broadcasting on BBC2 at 9 pm on Saturday, 5 May 1973 and was released in the US 7 January 1975.
01 Lower than the Angels - Evolution of humans from proto-ape to the modern form 400,000 years ago.
02 The Harvest of the Seasons - Early human migration, agriculture and the first settlements, and war.
03 The Grain in the Stone - Tools, and the development of architecture and sculpture.
04 The Hidden Structure - Fire, metals and alchemy.
05 Music of the Spheres - The language of numbers and mathematics.
06 The Starry Messenger - Galileo's universe - and the implications of his trial on the shift to "northern" science.
07 The Majestic Clockwork - Explores Newton and Einstein's laws.
08 The Drive for Power - The Industrial Revolution and the effect on everyday life.
09 The Ladder of Creation - Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species.
10 World within World - The story of the periodic table - and of the atom.
11 Knowledge or Certainty - Physics and the clash of the pursuit of absolute vs. imperfect knowledge, and the misgivings of the scientists realising the terrible outcome of the conflict. Auschwitz. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
12 Generation upon Generation - The joys of life, sex and genetics and the dark side of cloning.
13 The Long Childhood - Bronowski's treatise on the commitment of humanity.
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