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Jacob Bronowski

1908 - 1974

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Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the presenter and writer of the thirteen-part 1973 BBC television documentary series, and accompanying book, The Ascent of Man. He was widely regarded as "one of the most revered intellectuals on the global stage." Bronowski's family moved from Congress Poland to Germany and then to England in 1920, when he was 12 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Bronowski has received more than 720,165 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jacob Bronowski is the 918th most popular mathematician (down from 789th in 2019), the 1,254th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacob Bronowski ranks 918 out of 1,004. Before him are George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Ken Ribet, and Satish Dhawan. After him are Martin David Kruskal, J. H. C. Whitehead, Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Ivar Otto Bendixson, and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jacob Bronowski ranks 396. Before him are Pierre Korb, Luis Pérez, Carl Laemmle Jr., James Workman, Paul Stewart, and Pablo Pacheco. After him are Max Bloesch, George Simpson, Fritz Spengler, Billy Gonsalves, Kathleen Raine, and Robert O'Brien. Among people deceased in 1974, Jacob Bronowski ranks 243. Before him are Harry Ricardo, Enrico Rivolta, V. K. Krishna Menon, Gabriel Thorstensen, Roger Staub, and Giovanni D'Anzi. After him are Ralph Bishop, Mary Forbes, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Léon Rosenfeld, Edna Best, and Harry Carney.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jacob Bronowski ranks 1,254 out of 1,694. Before him are Piotr Mowlik (1951), Teodor Kocerka (1927), Marek Kusto (1954), Stefan Majewski (1956), Ludwika Paleta (1978), and Tadeusz Rut (1931). After him are Meinhard Nehmer (1941), Abel Korzeniowski (1972), Tomasz Wójtowicz (1953), Hubert Hurkacz (1997), Jan Kowalczyk (1941), and Agnieszka Radwańska (1989).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Jacob Bronowski ranks 44. Before him are Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882), Hans Lewy (1904), Nathan Jacobson (1910), Salomon Bochner (1899), Henryk Iwaniec (1947), and Antoni Zygmund (1900). After him are Krystyna Kuperberg (1944).

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