J bronowski biography

Jacob Bronowski was born in Poland in , but while he was still young his family moved home twice: first to Germany and then to England in He went on to study mathematics at Jesus College, Cambridge, obtaining a doctorate in He would then spend eight years lecturing at the University College of Hull. A talented and intelligent mathematician, Bronowski was also drawn to the sciences, and to literature. He never contented himself with just one academic interest, devoting his time to a wide range of disciplines, including poetry, philosophy, and biology. Indeed, much of Bronowski’s best work would be the result of his attempts to bring various academic disciplines tillsammans to enable us to better understand ourselves and the world around us. This was perhaps first exemplified through his co-editorship of the literary periodical Experiment during his time as a student at Cambridge, and his interests only expanded from there. He was enamoured with poetry, particularly that of William Bla

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