This non-fiction book is written based on the groundbreaking BBC television series with the same name. First published in 1973, is considered on the first works of popular science. It illuminates the historical and social development of human beings with a scientific attitude toward this long pace of life on earth.
The story is a personal view of Dr Bronowski, with his highly accessible style and powerful words. He discusses the human invention of flint tools, animal and wheat domestication, geometry, alchemy, Renascence Industrial Revolution, Theory of Relativity, etc. showing the ability of man to control nature.
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see the ascent of humans from the beginning of civilization through a scientific lens.