The ascent of man: the ladder of creation
This is part nine of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program journeys from the valleys and waterfalls of Wales to the jungles of the Amazon to discusses...
The ascent of man: the harvest of the seasons
This is part two of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program begins with the long spring that came after the ice ages, when man discovered agriculture an...
The ascent of man: the long childhood
This is part thirteen of a cultural history of the evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. In this program, the last in the series, Bronowski discusses the way every age and culture has limit...
The ascent of man: the starry messenger
This is part six of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program focuses on man's early attempts to map the forces which move the planets, contrasting the st...
The ascent of man: world within world
This is part ten of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program explores the world inside the atom and discusses the men and ideas that made physics in the ...
A history of social classes
Marx divided the industrial world into two antagonistic classes: the bourgeois and the proletariat. In today's society, this simple dichotomy fails to capture the many segments of a global marketplace. From the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian...