num_pages: 448
description: Lauded by critics and devoured by countless readers as a companion to the acclaimed PBS series, this work traces the development of science as an expression of the special gifts that characterize man and make him preeminent among animals. Bronowski's exciting, splendidly illustrated investigation offers a new perspective not just on science, but on civilization itself. Photographs.
language: English
title: The Ascent of Man
titlecomplete: The Ascent of Man
genres: Popular Science, History, Classics, Anthropology, Science, Biology, Philosophy, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 6064
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold)
publisher: Little Brown & Co