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Galbraith's project attempts to do for the history of economics what Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man did for science and what Kenneth Clark's Civilisation did for art. Of the three, the professor emeritus from Harvard has the most difficult job. Economics is hard on the head and soft on visuals. Portraits of Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes are simply not as rousing as thermonuclear explosions or The Naked Maja. But the obscure theories that economists set adrift have far-reaching consequences. Said Keynes: "Practical men, who believe themselves...
...Hoving, "an entire gallery of masterpieces ... will be produced in three dimensions on your wall. This will be done in such a way that the original and the facsimile could not be told apart." Plans for encyclopedic TV series modeled on Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man hung in the air. All of this would be distributed for various TV and educational outlets around the U.S. It might have been the largest coup of Hoving's career, but last week it turned out to be a huge Indian gift. Enraged...
...religion, commentary and light entertainment. But the BBC shows that have found their way to the U.S. and turned a tidy profit for the corporation have been mainly polished dramas and documentaries, such as The Forsythe Saga, Elizabeth R. with Glenda Jackson, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man and Alistair Cooke's America. The Shakespeare series, says BBC Programming Director Alasdair Milne, with no understatement at all, "is a vast project, the biggest we have ever undertaken, and a tremendously exciting one. We think it ought to be done...
...Response, Benson (2) 3-Sylvia Porter's Money Book, Porter (4) 4-Angels, Graham (5) 5- Power!, Korda (6) 6-Winning Through Intimidation, Ringer (3) 7-Doris Day, Hotchner (9) 8-The Age of Napoleon, Will & Ariel Durant (8) 9-The Russians, Smith 10-The Ascent of Man, Bronowski...
...Ascent of Man, Bronowski...