The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination

by Jacob Bronowski

Overview

“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 Journal

In 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300024098
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	09/10/1979
Series:	The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	760,608
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)