Knowledge or Certainty

Considers the moral dilemma which confronts today's scientists by contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb. Covers work of Carl Gauss, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and Leo Szilard leading up to the atomic bomb.

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"Ascent of man: knowledge or certainty"@en
"Ascent of man: knowledge or certainty"
"Knowlege of certainty"@en

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"A personal film about information and responsibility; the moral dilemma of the scientist in our own time. The principle of uncertainty in physics holds good for all human knowledge."
"Considers the moral dilemma which confronts today's scientists by contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb. Covers work of Carl Gauss, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and Leo Szilard leading up to the atomic bomb."@en
"Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist tradition in science with some results that seem inhuman."
"Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist tradition in science with some results that seem inhuman."@en
"This program deals with the spectrum of scientific knowledge and with the responsibility of science."@en
"Considers the moral dilemna that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist tradition in science with some results that seem inhuman."@en
"A discussion of the moral dilemma facing today's scientists covers work of Karl Gauss, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and Leo Szilard leading up to the atomic bomb."@en
"Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist tradition in science with some results that seem inhuman."
"Considers the moral dilemma which confronts today's scientists by contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb."@en
"Considers the moral dilemma which confronts today's scientists by contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb."
"Humanism and science seem to contradict one another. Are these opposing principles or is there possible a synthesis of these different ways of viewing the world?"@en
"Discusses the element of uncertainty (referred to as the principle of tolerance) inherent in modern science, contrasting this with the mind-set that produced the Holocaust and the atomic bomb. Considers the moral dilemmas confronting 20th century scientists."@en
"A discussion of the moral dilemma facing today's scientists covers the work of Karl Gauss, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and Leo Szilard leading up to the atomic bomb."
"A discussion of the moral dilemma facing today's scientists covers the work of Karl Gauss, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and Leo Szilard leading up to the atomic bomb."@en
"Dr. Bronowski offers his personal view of the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. He contrasts humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb."@en
"Presents the host's view of a paradox of knowledge, that the world cannot be fully separated from our perception of it, and explores the tension between humanistic traditions and destructive applications of scientific discoveries."@en
"Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb."@en
"Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists. Contrasts the humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb."