Bronowski, Jacob 1908-1974

Overview

Works:	464 works in 1,879 publications in 11 languages and 34,242 library holdings
Genres:	History Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Documentary television programs Biography Science television programs Popular works Nonfiction television programs Historical television programs Documentary films
Roles:	Author, Narrator, Editor, Author of screenplay, Host, Director, Publishing director, Creator, Publisher, Other, Contributor, Author of introduction
Classifications:	Q175, 501

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Jacob Bronowski

The happy passion : a personal view of Jacob Bronowski by A. R James( Book )
Voyage round a twentieth-century skull by Jacob Bronowski( Recording )
The Legacy of Jacob Bronowski : an exhibition of books and papers selected from the Jacob Bronowski Collection by Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library( Book )
Jacob Bronowski : a twentieth century pontifex by Bernice Cattanach( Book )
Bronowski, a personal history ; an impelling interview with the eminent mathematician & academician by Jacob Bronowski( Recording )

Jacob Bronowski : a retrospective, special issue [of] Leonardo( Book )
Scientific humanism and liberal education : the philosophy of Jacob Bronowski by Robert Joseph Emmitt( )
Science, dilemma and opportunity for Christian ethics; Jacob Bronowski, a case study by Joan Marie Novak( )
Interview with Chris Komar by Chris Komar( Recording )
The Ascent of Man : Starry Messenger ; Majestic Clockwork ; Drive for Power by British Broadcasing Corporation ; television Service ; time-Life films ; Ambrose Video Publishing( Visual )
The Ascent of Man : Ladder of Creation ; World Within World ; Knowledge or Certainty by British Broadcasing Corporation ; television Service ; time-Life films ; Ambrose Video Publishing( Visual )
The Majestic clockwork by Jacob Bronowski( Visual )
Julian Sorell Huxley papers by Julian Huxley( )
Harvard Science Center Film Collection( Visual )
Bruce Bliven papers by Bruce Bliven( )
The impact of the new biology by Jacob Bronowski( Book )
Bronowski : a personal history by Jacob Bronowski( Recording )
The expectations of light by Pattiann Rogers( )
The identification of the philosophy of Jacob Bronowski and its implication for science education by Carl E Franklin( )
by Julian Huxley( )

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Most widely held works by Jacob Bronowski

The ascent of man by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

129 editions published between 1079 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 4,653 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Traces the development of science and the discoveries that have made man unique among animal species

Science and human values by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

91 editions published between 1956 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It discusses the theme, which runs throughout the essays, that science is as integral a part of the culture of our age as the arts are. the contents: 1. the creative mind 2. the habit of truth 3. the sense of human dignity

The common sense of science by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

122 editions published between 1945 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,102 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jacob Bronowski was, with Kenneth Clarke, the greatest popularizer of serious ideas in Britain between the mid 1950s and the early 1970s. Trained as a mathematician, he was equally at home with painting and physics, and wrote a series of brilliant books that tried to break down the barriers between 'the two cultures'. He denounced 'the destructive modern prejudice that art and science are different and somehow incompatible interests'. He wrote a fine book on William Blake while running the National Coal Board's research establishment. The Common Sense of Science, first published in 1951, is

The origins of knowledge and imagination by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

26 editions published between 1978 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,753 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The identity of man by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

56 editions published between 1963 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 1,682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"With infectious enthusiasm and a gift for conveying the excitement of ideas, Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) discusses the impact of science on our sense of self and the need to revaluate ethics in light of the scientific perspective. As both a practicing scientist and an author of books on poetry, he makes interesting connections between the uses of the imagination in science and in literature. Whereas science creates experiments to test hypotheses about the outside world, he notes that literature also provides "experiments" in poetry and prose, allowing readers to experience what it means to be fully human and relating the individual's inner life to that of every human being

The Western intellectual tradition, from Leonardo to Hegel by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

2 editions published between 1960 and 1975 in English and held by 1,636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is intellectual history in the largest sense, not confined to ideas in one or a few fields, but covering the whole spectrum of Western intellectual activity during the four centuries when the world was transformed from medieval to modern. An important feature of the book is its stress on the interplay of ideas from different fields. In particular, the authors give more attention than is usual to the ideas of science, to the movements of literary style, and to the innovations in the arts. This is a profound and evocative history of the life of ideas in their full setting: of men, of groups of men, of events

A sense of the future : essays in natural philosophy by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

25 editions published between 1890 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magic, science, and civilization by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

16 editions published between 1978 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 1,436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Blake and the age of revolution by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

39 editions published between 1965 and 2012 in English and held by 1,374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bronowski was fascinated by William Blake for much of his life. His first book about him, A Man Without a Mask, was published in 1944. In 1958 his famous Penguin selection of Blake's poems and letters was published. As further testimony to Bronowski's enthusiasm it should be noted that the final plate in the book of his great TV series The Ascent of Man is Blake's frontispiece to Songs of Experience. William Blake and the Age of Revolution, first published in 1965, is, in some ways, a revised edition of A Man Without a Mask, in others, a new book. In it Bronowski gives a stimulating interpreta

The visionary eye : essays in the arts, literature, and science by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

17 editions published between 1976 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains essays on art and culture

William Blake, 1757-1827; a man without a mask by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

49 editions published between 1943 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Western intellectual tradition : from Leonardo to Hegel by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

117 editions published between 1960 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The ascent of man : a personal view by Jacob Bronowski( Visual )

26 editions published between 1973 and 2007 in English and held by 997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A massive survey of science from flint tools to the theory of relativity. It was made as a science counterpart to Sir Kenneth Clark's series Civilisation, with Jacob Bronowski presenting his own view of science and mankind

Biography of an atom by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

5 editions published between 1963 and 1968 in English and held by 668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the never-ending life cycle of a carbon atom from its birth in a star billions of years ago to the present time where it perhaps is a part of your body

The face of violence: an essay with a play by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

20 editions published between 1954 and 1968 in English and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Insight by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

7 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Creativity; a discussion at the Nobel Conference organized by Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1970 by John D Roslansky( Book )

7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Imagination and the university by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

20 editions published between 1964 and 2016 in English and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume, the Frank Gerstein Lectures for 1963, is the second series of Invitation Lectures to be delivered at York University. The theme "Imagination and the University" was appropriate for it is in its early years that a university is sufficiently flexible to utilize imagination in its structure and in its curriculum

The poet's defence; the concept of poetry from Sidney to Yeats by Jacob Bronowski( Book )

4 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Science: chemistry, physics, astronomy. Editorial board: J. Bronowski and [others] Designed and illustrated by Hans Erni( Book )

9 editions published between 1960 and 1966 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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