Imatge de l'autor

Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974)

Autor/a de The Ascent of Man

36+ obres 4,880 Membres 40 Ressenyes 13 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Born in Poland, Jacob Bronowski moved to England at the age of 12. He received a scholarship to study mathematics at Cambridge University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1933. At Cambridge, Bronowski edited a literary magazine and wrote verse. He served as lecturer at University College in Hull before mostra'n més joining the government service in 1942. During World War II Bronowski participated in military research. He pioneered developments in operations research, which enhanced the effectiveness of Allied bombing raids. After viewing the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Bronowski refused to continue military research and became involved with the ethical and technological issues related to science. When he wrote a report on the devastating effects of the atomic bomb, the experience became critical to his career as an author. The report was eventually incorporated in his book Science and Human Values (1965). After World War II Bronowski joined the Ministry of Works, assuming several government posts concerned with research in power resources. In 1964 he came to the United States and served as senior fellow (1964-70) and then director (1970-74) of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. He taught and lectured at several American universities, including MIT, Columbia University, and Yale. Until his death, Bronowski remained a resident fellow at the Salk Institute. Bronowski's writing career can be divided into two periods. Prior to World War II, he wrote mathematical papers, poetry, and literary criticism. After the war, Bronowski wrote mainly about scientific values, science as a humanistic enterprise, language, and creativity. In 1973 Bronowski's acclaimed 13-part BBC television series titled The Ascent of Man chronicled attempts to understand and control nature from antiquity to the present. The series called for a democracy of intellect in which "knowledge sits in the homes and heads of people with no ambition to control others, and not up in the isolated seats of power." Neither naive nor utopian, Bronowski remained a consistent optimist and defender of science. In A Sense of the Future (1977), Bronowski states that, as science becomes increasingly preoccupied with relations and arrangement, it too becomes engaged in the search for structure that typifies modern art. He believed that self-knowledge brings together the experience of the arts and the explanations of science. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Sèrie

Obres de Jacob Bronowski

The Ascent of Man (1973) 2,574 exemplars
Science and Human Values (1956) 488 exemplars
The Common Sense of Science (1951) 235 exemplars
The Identity of Man (1965) 150 exemplars
William Blake (1944) 60 exemplars
Biography of an Atom (1962) 29 exemplars
The Face of Violence (1955) 14 exemplars

Obres associades

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008) — Col·laborador — 803 exemplars
The Double Helix [Norton Critical Edition] (1968) — Col·laborador — 370 exemplars
William Blake: A Selection of Poems and Letters (1958) — Editor — 326 exemplars
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance (1961) — Col·laborador — 246 exemplars
Man Alone: Alienation in Modern Society (1962) — Col·laborador — 141 exemplars
Philosophical Issues: A Contemporary Introduction (1972) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Man and the Science of Man (1968) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
The Project Physics Course: Unit 3, The Triumph of Mechanics (1970) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Altres noms
Bronowski, J.
Data de naixement
1908-01-18
Data de defunció
1974-08-22
Lloc d'enterrament
Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Russian Federation(birth)
UK
Lloc de naixement
Łódź, Poland, Russian Empire
Lloc de defunció
East Hampton, New York, USA
Educació
Central Foundation School, London, England
University of Cambridge (Jesus College)
Professions
biologist
author
teacher
mathematician
historian of science
deputy director of the Salk Institute for biological studie (La Jola, Cal.)
Relacions
Jardine, Lisa (daughter)
Bronowski, Judith (daughter)
Szilard, Leo (friend)
Organitzacions
University of Hull
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
National Coal Board
Biografia breu
Jacob Bronowski's family fled Poland when it was occupied by Russia in World War I, and arrived in England in 1920.  He spoke no English, but eventually won a scholarship to Cambridge University and became a mathematician, scientist, and historian of science. He began appearing on British television in the 1950s and is best remembered as the host and writer of the groundbreaking 13-part 1973 BBC documentary series, The Ascent of Man.

Membres

Ressenyes

Bronowski considers the crisis of self-confidence that results from each person's wish to be a person "in the face of the nagging fear that, as science seems to show, he is a machine."
 
Marcat
PendleHillLibrary | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Mar 14, 2024 |
Excellent, thought provoking book.
Thoroughly enjoyable read.
½
 
Marcat
CraigGoodwin | Hi ha 18 ressenyes més | Dec 10, 2023 |
$2 to $50 depending on site. Excellent Condition
 
Marcat
susangeib | Sep 24, 2023 |
This is a collection of essays the major theme of which is the intensive creative and human nature of the scientific enterprise--its kinship at the highest levels of individual achievement, with comparable manifestations of the artistic imagination and its ethical imperatives evolved within the community of scientists over the centuries.
 
Marcat
PendleHillLibrary | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Apr 19, 2023 |

Llistes

Premis

Potser també t'agrada

Autors associats

Estadístiques

Obres
36
També de
8
Membres
4,880
Popularitat
#5,154
Valoració
4.1
Ressenyes
40
ISBN
89
Llengües
15
Preferit
13

Gràfics i taules