The Two Cultures (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107606142)

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 50th 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.

Author: C. P. Snow
ISBN-10: 1107606144
ISBN-13: 9781107606142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2012
Pages: 179
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 03/01/2014 pg. 11