Jacob Bronowski

JACOB BRONOWSKI (1908–1974) s-a remarcat nu numai ca om de stiinta, matematician sau istoric al stiintelor, dar si ca dramaturg, poet si inventator. Pe langa activitatea sa stiintifica de la Institutul Salk, California, Bronowski a conceput si a prezentat renumitul documentar difuzat de BBC in 1973 si intitulat Ascensiunea omului (The Ascent of Man), documentar a carui versiune tiparita o constituie cartea de fata, tradusa pentru prima oara in limba romana. Printre lucrarile sale se numara: The Poet’s Defence (1939), William Blake: A Man Without a Mask (1943), The Common Sense of Science (1951), The Face of Violence (1954), Science and Human Values (1958), William Blake: The Penguin Poets Series (1958), The Western Intellectual Tradition, From Leonardo to Hegel (1960 – cu Bruce Mazlish), Biography of an Atom (1963 – cu Millicent Selsam), Insight (1964), The Identity of Man (1965 si 1972), Nature and Knowledge: The Philosophy of Contemporary Science (1969).