Magic Science and Civilization Author:J. Bronowski In this humane and witty book, the late Jacob Bronowsk, the author of the widely-read The Ascent of Man, focuses on a special moment in human history, a moment during the Renaissance when "science and the arts rose together" because man had ceased to believe in magic. From that time onward, Bronowski declares, man has been unden... more »iably a scientific animal. Bronowski - scientist, historian, and philosopher - defines magic as the belief in a mysterious second logic of events which is different from the everyday logic of nature. He shows how the magical view of the world crumbled in the wake of such brilliant thinkers as Copernicus and Kepler.« less