The Ascent of Man is considered one of the first works of ‘popular science’. By illuminating the historical and social context of scientific development for a generation of readers. In his highly accessible style, Dr Bronowski discusses human invention from the flint tool to geometry, agriculture to genetics, and from alchemy to the theory of relativity, showing how they all are expressions of our ability to understand and control nature.
Published in 1973 The Ascent of Man was hailed as a masterpiece of research and scholarship.