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The Ascent of Man

A true TV landmark. Dr Jacob Bronowski鈥檚 epic series unravelling of the making of mankind that spellbound audiences in the 1970s.

1. Lower than the Angels (49 mins)

1. Lower than the Angels
Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
49 mins
2. The Harvest of the Seasons
Jacob Bronowski looks at mankind's move from nomadic pasturage to settled agriculture.
49 mins
3. The Grain in the Stone
Jacob Bronowski discovers the origins of science in the interaction of hand and brain.
50 mins
4. The Hidden Structure
Jacob Bronowski examines man's probing of the hidden structure below the visible world.
49 mins
5. Music of the Spheres
Dr Bronowski gives his own novel proof of Pythagoras' famous theorem.
49 mins
6. The Starry Messenger
Dr Jacob Bronowski looks at the life, work and trial of Galileo.
49 mins
7. The Majestic Clockwork
Dr Jacob Bronowski explores how Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are connected by light.
50 mins
8. The Drive for Power
Dr Jacob Bronowski reflects on the Industrial Revolution.
49 mins
9. The Ladder of Creation
Dr Jacob Bronowski recounts the adventures of Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin.
49 mins
10. World within World
The ideas that gave expression to the invisible, intangible structure beneath all matter.
50 mins
11. Knowledge or Certainty?
Dr Jacob Bronowski considers how absolute certainty is beyond our grasp.
50 mins
12. Generation upon Generation
Dr Jacob Bronowski traces the history of genetics, from Gregor Mendel to DNA.
49 mins
13. The Long Childhood
Dr Jacob Bronowski takes stock of man's complex and often precarious ascent.
50 mins