An account of man's development through his scientific and technological achievements.An account of man's development through his scientific and technological achievements.An account of man's development through his scientific and technological achievements.
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- TriviaFor the initial broadcast of the program, each segment had an epilogue by a very young Anthony Hopkins, who once was a student of Dr. Bronowski's.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Television: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1985)
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Written by Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and David Gilmour
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Ascent and Descent of Western anthropology
While I was as captivated as all who enjoyed the release of this series on UK television, back when there were only three terrestrial TV channels available to us, a lot has developed in the last 50 years.
We were truly in awe of JB's knowledge. A super communicator, who had an such a warm delivery. Like your favourite teacher at school. I felt enriched. To be enlightened with the knowledge he shared. At the time you would have to visit many libraries, many times to come close to the knowledge that he had on the subject. The locations, the people, flora, fauna... we're way beyond the average citizens remit.
He was rightly held in high regard by his audiences and academic peers.
However, it appears slightly condescending at points, how he describes the pointless lives of the nomads whose toils in the bleakest of locations, well... amounted to nothing; how women and old people, were disregarded by the menfolk and left to die alone on mountainsides etc... It actually spoiled my memory of what was, in its day, a wonderfully produced educational masterpiece.
We were truly in awe of JB's knowledge. A super communicator, who had an such a warm delivery. Like your favourite teacher at school. I felt enriched. To be enlightened with the knowledge he shared. At the time you would have to visit many libraries, many times to come close to the knowledge that he had on the subject. The locations, the people, flora, fauna... we're way beyond the average citizens remit.
He was rightly held in high regard by his audiences and academic peers.
However, it appears slightly condescending at points, how he describes the pointless lives of the nomads whose toils in the bleakest of locations, well... amounted to nothing; how women and old people, were disregarded by the menfolk and left to die alone on mountainsides etc... It actually spoiled my memory of what was, in its day, a wonderfully produced educational masterpiece.
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- peter-mcbride62
- Jul 23, 2023
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