I loved this little guy, for when I met him a long time ago, he was, like this book, totally inspirational. Whatever it was you were interested in he made you feel that it was the best of all fields to follow but with the caveat that one must keep an open mind and prepare to be wrong. Needless to say, over the the years, I've been wrong a lot, but thanks to Dr Bronowski, I am the better for it! ( )

I have read this book a dozen times since it was published and Dr. Bronowski continues to inspire me with his impassioned history of man's intellectual evolution. Of course, the study of history and of man has advanced since 1976, but this man's writing can still save me when my pessimism about our progress threatens to overwhelm me. ( )

Gives you an appreciation for how far we've come and what we're capable of, an appreciation for Creation itself, and it endows you with a love for science and history. ( )

Read during impressionable high school years. I am not rating the content and accuracy thereof - either as it would have been judged at the time or how well such content has held up over the ensuing years, years that have seen a changing interpretation of our world. I give it high marks for inspiring a group of classmates, all of whom have been successful through the years, to look at the world with awe and wonder - to get excited about discovery - and to be human and humane in our quest for knowledge. Jacob Bronowski accomplished that with this book and his series. ( )

I have loaned this one out several times. It's a richly illustrated, accessible introduction to intellectual history.