BACKGROUND TO DR. BRONOWSKI
He CAME to ‘England when |. was twelve, and when" "1 landed 1 could speak, rather badly, two words of English which | had learnt on the channel boat," Dr. Bronowski, still in «his ‘early forties, confesses in his book, "The Commonsense of Science," just pub-lished-a work which shows his close interest in the relation between the arts and science. His earlier books include "The Poet's Defence," and a study of William Blake on the one hand, and on the other numerous papers on mathematics. Educated at Cambridge, Dr. Bronowski has lectured in mathematics, headed a series of mathematical and statistical units planning the economic bombing of Germany and
Japan, and journeyed to Japan as’ scientific , deputy. in the Chiefs of Stoff mission which reported on atomic bomb From 1947 to 1950, when he became direetor of the Central Research Establishment. of the National Coal Board, he worked on the application of statistical research to the economics of industry and spent six months as Head of the Projects Division of UNESCO. It was his description of atomic bomb havoc at Hiroshima that first mode BBC listeners aware of a new personality in broadcasting, This first impression has been confirmed by his broadcasts on atomic energy and science subjects generally, and in the ‘Brains Trust’ and "Any Questions?’ His major radio features include ‘The Journey to Japan" and /The Closing Years" in the BBC series, "The Half Century."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 652, 4 January 1952, Page 6
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239BACKGROUND TO DR. BRONOWSKI New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 652, 4 January 1952, Page 6
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