Thank you Mr. Bronowski. Men like you are missed.

what a poet bronowski was

The ascend of men is a classic, that anyone interested in science and technology should watch. Especially in current times, where the complementary reflective part of these disciplines is not taught properly anymore.

Captivating what a genius Bruno!!

I am absolutely baking watching him in that leather jacket.

great series. excellent segment. thanks

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!

The cut at 6:42 and on until 8:47 is sublime.

Elsewhere he talks of historical fossils. We see presented here in this segment some very clear fossils. The stonework in Peru and Italy are all that remain of cultures whose "soft tissues" have long since decayed or been consumed by others.

Another awesome BBC series from the 1970s is, " Civilization" by Sir Kenneth Clarke. I used to be on KZread and maybe still is.

To be entirely accurate, the greeks in the Hellenistic period (following the death of Alexander) deployed the arch. See for example, the crypt or stadium entrance at ancient Olympia.

@ABC_DEF

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. That is a major mistake from Bronowski. He seems to think that Greek architecture stopped with the Parthenon and then nothing happened until the Romans started building aqueducts.

@sagat666

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say you're all incorrect here* the sexagesimal use by Sumerians, as base unit of 60, was first true use to build the arch* (with all three angles inside an equilateral triangle being 60 degrees, just using a straight edge ruler, and some basic form of compass, like the elemental geometry you're taught in school), (the sweeping compass, or even a pencil on a string like a plum-line, provides the sweeping circular arch, {that is quite often ignored or erased}).

@John-qs2xr

Жыл бұрын

Bronowski was being ionic

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What happens at 1:29? Beautiful excerpt btw.

So who they invented the arches

@sagat666

2 жыл бұрын

Sumerians*