num_pages: 160
description: “A gem of enlightenment. . . . One rejoices in Bronowski’s dedication to the identity of acts of creativity and of imagination, whether in Blake or Yeats or Einstein or Heisenberg.”— Kirkus Reviews“A delightful look at the inquiring mind.”— Library JournalIn this eloquent volume Jacob Bronowski, mathematician and scientist, presents a succinct introduction to the state of modern thinking about the role of science in man's intellectual and moral life. Weaving together themes from ethnology, linguistics, philosophy, and physics, he confronts the questions of who we are, what we are, and how we relate to the universe around us.
language: English
title: The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
titlecomplete: The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination (The Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures Series)
genres: History, Psychology, Science, Theory, Philosophy, Cultural, Unfinished, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 213
publisher: Yale University Press