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The Ascent of Man Season 1

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Lower Than the Angels
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1x01 Lower Than the Angels aired May 05, 1973

The following episodes examine intellectual, cultural, and scientific breakthroughs in man's four-million-year evolution. Shows importance of new ideas and h... read more

The Harvest of the Seasons
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1x02 The Harvest of the Seasons aired May 12, 1973

In the long spring following the Ice Ages man develops agriculture and domesticates animals, imposing his will on wild wheat and horses. With the Neolithic c... read more

The Grain in the Stone
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1x03 The Grain in the Stone aired May 19, 1973

Man splits a stone and reassembles the pieces to build a wall, a cathedral, a city. This program is about man, the architect, builder, and sculptor. Shots of... read more

The Hidden Structure
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1x04 The Hidden Structure aired May 26, 1973

From ancient Oriental metallurgy, through mystical alchemy this program traces the roots of chemistry. Shang bronze craftsmen and Samurai sword smiths are th... read more

Music of the Spheres
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1x05 Music of the Spheres aired Jun 02, 1973

Program covers the evolution of math. Pythagoras, father of Greek math, considered numbers the language of nature. Follows spread of Greek ideas through the ... read more

The Starry Messenger
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1x06 The Starry Messenger aired Jun 09, 1973

Studies man's attempts to map the forces which move the planets. The static nature of South American astronomy is contrasted with ideas of Renaissance Europe... read more

The Majestic Clockwork
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1x07 The Majestic Clockwork aired Jun 16, 1973

Newton and Einstein, the two giants of physics, imposed great systems of order on the world. This production illustrates the revolution that occurred when Ei... read more

The Drive for Power
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1x08 The Drive for Power aired Jun 23, 1973

Program covers the industrial and political revolutions of the 18th century. Forces of nature were harnessed and the basics of political power shifted. Brono... read more

The Ladder of Creation
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1x09 The Ladder of Creation aired Jun 30, 1973

From the countryside of Wales to the jungles of the Amazon, follows the stories of Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin who had the same idea simultaneo... read more

World Within World
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1x10 World Within World aired Jul 07, 1973

In the vaults of ancient Polish salt mines Bronowski embarks on a journey to the hidden world inside the atom. He traces the history of the men and the ideas... read more

Knowledge or Certainty
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1x11 Knowledge or Certainty aired Jul 14, 1973

Bronowski's statement on information and responsibility's a moral dilemma to scientists. Principle of certainty in physics applies to all knowledge. Examines... read more

Generation Upon Generation
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1x12 Generation Upon Generation aired Jul 21, 1973

Math and physics brought revolution to man's ideas of life. From Mendel's work to discoveries of today, Bronowski unravels complex code of human inheritance.... read more

The Long Childhood
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1x13 The Long Childhood aired Jul 28, 1973

In this final program Bronowski - poet, playwright, mathematician, philosopher - draws together many threads of the series. He takes stock of man's complex, ... read more

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