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Jacob Bronowski

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Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.


— Jacob Bronowski


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That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.


— Jacob Bronowski


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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.


— Jacob Bronowski


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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.


— Jacob Bronowski


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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.


— Jacob Bronowski


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The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.


— Jacob Bronowski


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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.


— Jacob Bronowski


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To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.


— Jacob Bronowski


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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.


— Jacob Bronowski


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Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.


— Jacob Bronowski


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About Jacob Bronowski

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Did you know about Jacob Bronowski?

During the Second World War Bronowski worked in operations research for the UK's Department of Home Security where he developed mathematical approaches to bombing strategy for RAF Bomber Command. He died in 1974 of a heart attack in East Hampton New York a year after The Ascent of Man was completed and was buried in the western side of London's Highgate Cemetery near the entrance. New York: Julian Messner Inc.

He is best remembered as the presenter and writer of the 1973 BBC television documentary series The Ascent of Man and the accompanying book.

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