The two cultures / C.P. Snow ; with an introduction by Stefan Collini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980, author.

Contributor:

Collini, Stefan, 1947- writer of introduction.

Series:

Canto classics.

Canto classics

Standardized Title:

Two cultures and the scientific revolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and the humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxiii, 107 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures - the arts or humanities on one hand and the sciences on the other - has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of 1959 that brought it to prominence and began a public debate that is still raging in the media today. This fiftieth anniversary printing of The Two Cultures and its successor piece, A Second Look (in which Snow responded to the controversy four years later) features an introduction by Stefan Collini, charting the history and context of the debate, its implications and its afterlife. The importance of science and technology in policy run largely by non-scientists, the future for education and research, and the problem of fragmentation threatening hopes for a common culture are just some of the subjects discussed.

Contents:

Introduction / Stefan Collini. The 'two cultures' in historial perspectigve ; Snow's life ; Development of the idea of the 'two cultures' ; Reactions and controversies ; The changing map of the disciplines ; Specialisation ; The 'two cultures' in a changing world ; A note on further reading ; Preface to the second edition

The two cultures / C.P. Snow. The Rede lecture (1959). The two cultures ; Intellectuals as natural Luddites ; The scientific revolution ; The rich and the poor

The two cultures: a second look (1963)

Notes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-38696-9

1-139-89396-3

1-139-19694-4

1-107-41454-7

1-107-39549-6

1-107-38777-9

1-107-39069-9

1-107-26324-7