• Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He was known to friends and professional colleagues...
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  • presented by Polish-British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who also authored a book adaptation. Intended as a series of "personal...
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    past to embody hope. In The Ascent of Man (1973), Jacob Bronowski pointed out similarities between Jacob and Bakhtyar, who lends his name to Iran's Bakhtiari...
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    mathematics, physics, and other fields. They include George Airy, Jacob Bronowski, Christopher Budd, Kevin Buzzard, Arthur Cayley, Donald Coxeter, Arthur...
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    developer of the polio vaccine; among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. Construction of the research facilities began in...
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    Bates - Football Coach". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved 2024-04-16. "Jacob Bronowski - Football Coach". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved 2024-04-16. "Archie...
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    unleavened, with the dough allowed to dry on hot stones. Writing in 1973, Jacob Bronowski argued that the combination of wheat and water at Jericho enabled man...
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    ISBN 9789048132003. Jacob Bronowski; The Ascent of Man; Angus & Robertson, 1973 ISBN 0-563-17064-6; pp.205-207 Jacob Bronowski; The Ascent of Man; Angus...
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    came largely into use some time in antiquity. In The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski states that "The Bakhtiari take their name from a legendary herdsman...
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  • are the same search, in Coleridge’s phrase, for unity in variety." — Jacob Bronowski "…but for harmony beautiful to contemplate, science would not be worth...
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