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The Ascent of Man

Knowledge or Certainty?

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Dr Jacob Bronowski considers how the great achievement of physics in the 20th century has been to show that absolute certainty, in science or outside of it, is beyond our grasp.

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