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The Ascent of Man
Season 1 · Episode 12
Generation Upon Generation
0.050mJuly 21, 1973
Dr Jacob Bronowski follows the history of genetics, from the lonely experiments of Gregor Mendel to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Should we see human sexuality as a gift?
Episodes
- Episode 1Lower Than the Angels
- Episode 2The Harvest of the Seasons
- Episode 3The Grain in the Stone
- Episode 4The Hidden Structure
- Episode 5Music of the Spheres
- Episode 6The Starry Messenger
- Episode 7The Majestic Clockwork
- Episode 8The Drive for Power
- Episode 9The Ladder of Creation
- Episode 10World Within World
- Episode 11Knowledge or Certainty
- Episode 12Generation Upon Generation
- Episode 13The Long Childhood