Resume Reading — Not Merely the Finest TV Documentary Series Ever Made

Close

You've read all of your 3 free monthly articles. Learn More.

Close
 

Not Merely the Finest TV Documentary Series Ever Made

A reflection on Jacob Bronowski’s “The Ascent of Man.”

A range of dark hilltops appears against a dawn sky. On a ridge in the far distance we can discern a human silhouette. It is someone…By David Deutsch

A range of dark hilltops appears against a dawn sky. On a ridge in the far distance we can discern a human silhouette. It is someone telling us about the uniqueness of Man. “Man …” says the tiny figure in the landscape, “is not a figure in the landscape …”

“He is the shaper of the landscape,” continues Jacob Bronowski, dwarfed by the looming hills that have not been reshaped since the last ice age.

You've read all of your 3 free monthly articles.

Join the Club

It's expensive to produce the kind of high quality, in-depth journalism you've come to expect from Nautilus. In order to keep telling those stories, we need your support. Join Prime today, and help us keep science journalism alive.

Prime gets you unlimited, ad-free reading, tablet editions of our award-winning print magazine, and eBooks of all our online editions.

Learn More Members Sign In Current print subscriber?
You're already a Prime member. Sign in.