C.R Snow's ‘Two Cultures’ fifty years later: An enduring problem with an elusive solution

摘要

There are some books, indeed ideas, that endure because of the simplicity of their insights and the ease with which they can be distilled. C.P. Snow's Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution is one such book. Its title bespeaks its message so forcefully that fifty years after its publication people still speak of the "two culture" problem-that nefarious academic divide between the sciences and the humanities. It has been a must-read volume for anyone interested in the history of science, science policy, or science in society themes since it was published, and yet most only remember it through the fog of an undergraduate or graduate school encounter.