‘Think it possible you may be mistaken’: Four impertinent questions for 2019
It is important that we ask the right questions. It is vitally important that we understand the degree of uncertainty of any answer
Jacob Bronowski was the Brian Cox of the 1970s. Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man, filmed in 1973, is still a classic in science communication. You can find some of the major parts of The Ascent of Man on YouTube. Check them out. In one clip, Bronowski, a Jew who lost large parts of his family to the concentration camps of World War II, stands in a pond at Auschwitz. The pond was used ...
