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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Jacob Bronowski
Born: January 18, 1908
Died: August 22, 1974 (aged 66)
Bio: Jacob Bronowski was a British mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet and inventor.
Known for:
- The ascent of man (1973)
- Science and human values (1956)
- The common sense of science (1951)
- The identity of man (1965)
- William Blake and the age of revolution (1944)
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