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The Long Childhood—Series 1
13/13Dr Jacob Bronowski takes stock of man's complex and often precarious ascent.
Generation upon Generation—Series 1
12/13Dr Jacob Bronowski traces the history of genetics, from Gregor Mendel to DNA.
Knowledge or Certainty?—Series 1
11/13Dr Jacob Bronowski considers how absolute certainty is beyond our grasp.
World within World—Series 1
10/13The ideas that gave expression to the invisible, intangible structure beneath all matter.
The Ladder of Creation—Series 1
9/13Dr Jacob Bronowski recounts the adventures of Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin.
The Drive for Power—Series 1
8/13Dr Jacob Bronowski reflects on the Industrial Revolution.
The Majestic Clockwork—Series 1
7/13Dr Jacob Bronowski explores how Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are connected by light.
The Starry Messenger—Series 1
6/13Dr Jacob Bronowski looks at the life, work and trial of Galileo.
Music of the Spheres—Series 1
5/13Dr Bronowski gives his own novel proof of Pythagoras' famous theorem.
The Hidden Structure—Series 1
4/13Jacob Bronowski examines man's probing of the hidden structure below the visible world.
