A personal view by J. Bronowski in 13 programmes
13: The Long Childhood
It is not the business of science to inherit the earth, but to inherit the moral imagination, because man and beliefs and science - without that - will perish together. Man would not be man if he were not sometimes fearful - for his confidence, for the future. In this, the final programme, Dr Bronowski draws together the many ideas he has explored in the series. From his own home by the Pacific Ocean in California, he takes stock of Man's complex and often precarious ascent, drawing on experiences from his own lifetime. The longest childhood of all, he argues, is that of Man himself, growing to self-knowledge.
THE ASCENT OF MAN is 0 last testament by one of the most valuable travellers between the scientific and literary cultures.
(THE TIMES)
Assistant producers MICK JACKSON DAVID PATERSON. DAVID KENNARD Chief film editor ROY FRY Producer DICK GILLING
Series editor ADRIAN MALONE
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