The Mechanical Universe 25

Caltech: From Kepler To Einstein

The Ascent of Man 1

The Ascent of Man | Lower Than The Angels | Jacob Bronowski

The Ascent of Man 2

The Ascent of Man | The Harvest of the Seasons | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 3

The Ascent of Man | The Grain in The Stone | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 4

The Ascent of Man | The Hidden Structure | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 5

The Ascent of Man | Music of The Spheres | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 6

The Ascent of Man | The Starry Messenger | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 7

The Ascent of Man | The Majestic Clockwork | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 8

The Ascent of Man | The Drive for Power | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 9

The Ascent of Man | The Ladder of Creation | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 10

The Ascent of Man | World within World | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 11

The Ascent of Man | Knowledge or Certainty | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 12

The Ascent of Man | Generation Upon Generation | Jacob Bronowski | VG

The Ascent of Man 13

The Ascent of Man | The Long Childhood | Jacob Bronowski | VG

J. B.: What is Science?

J. Bronowski: What is Science?

It's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That's false, tragically false. Look for yourself. This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance, it was done by dogma, it was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave. This is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods.

Science is a very human form of knowledge. We are always at the brink of the known; we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error and is personal. Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible. In the end, the words were said by Oliver Cromwell: "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ: Think it possible you may be mistaken."

I owe it as a scientist to my friend Leo Szilard, I owe it as a human being to the many members of my family who died here, to stand here as a survivor and a witness. We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power. We have to close the distance between the push-button order and the human act. We have to touch people.

From the "Knowledge or Certainty" episode from The Ascent of Man

Weinberg-Dawkins Conversation

Weinberg: Evolution, Religion, Atheism.

Tufts University: DDI

Daniel Dennett: Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Daniel Dennett: Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Beethoven: 5th Symphony

Karajan: 5th Symphony

Darwin's Revolution in Thought

S. J. Gould: Darwin's Revolution in Thought

BBC - The Tree Of Life

Attenborough【原子】| Charles Darwin & the Tree of Life | BBC 2009 |

SciAm Mar 2009

Scientific American, March 2009.

BBC - Atom Series 1

ATOM【原子】| The Clash of the Titans : P1 | P2 | P3 : YT | YT | VG | VG | Jim Al-Khalili

BBC - Atom Series 2

ATOM【原子】| The Key To The Cosmos : P1 | P2 | P3 : YT | YT | VG | YK | YK | Jim Al-Khalili

BBC - Atom Series 3

ATOM【原子】| The Illusion of Reality : P1 | P2 | P3 : VG | YT | YT | Jim Al-Khalili

SciAm Feb 2009

Scientific American, February 2009.