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The Ascent of Man (5 volume set)

Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0739815003332
Format: NTSC
Label: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Manufacturer: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 01, 2007
Running Time: 676 minutes
Sales Rank: 20697
Studio: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
An American Film Festival Award winner, this 13 volume series on 5 DVD's attempts a massive survey of science, from flint tools to the theory of relativity. The series, a co-production of the BBC and Time-Life Films was made as a science counterpart to Civilization. It is a given superb technical support, with two crews using innovative filming techniques, shooting in 27 countries.

Dr. Jacob Bronowski makes for an unorthodox narrator, his non-scripted delivery ranging from hushed awe to trembling passion. He uses the crawling infant, the performing athlete, the development of the hunt and the discovery of fire to illustrate the most distinctive feature of man: imagination. His Scientific-Humanism is often spectacular, always provocative.




Rating: - As relevant today as it was when it was filmed
Jacob Bronowski, unusually for an academic, performs admirably as a television presenter. He is charming, ... Read More

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Rating: - Really good fun !!
I was hooked as soon as I saw one episode. Had to have the whole collection

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Rating: - The Ascent Of Man is excellent!
Just an incredible series! Got to love the music that opens every episode. I liked the way Bronowski meters ... Read More

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Rating: - Necessary viewing
As someone who watched it when it was first broadcast, and again recently, I still find it an enthralling documentary. ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant !!!
I viewed this brilliant series as a set of 4 DVD's and was stunned by the brilliance of Dr. Jacob Bronowski as a teacher. ... Read More

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