Art and Science Now: The Two Cultures in Question
David Papapostolou
Sunday, 16 November 2008 18:14 UTC
Hi all,
here is the announcement for a symposia taking place at the Tate modern, London UK, in late january:
Art and Science Now
The Two Cultures in Question
Saturday 24 January 2009, 10.30–17.30
Fifty years ago a lecture by C.P. Snow on ‘The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution’, deploring the gulf between artistic intellectuals and natural scientists, sparked a fierce debate about the ‘Two Cultures’. Joining with the Science Museum, Tate Modern invites leading figures from the worlds of arts, science and public policy to revisit this question. With the new prominence of information technology, genetics and climate change, has the gap between arts and sciences narrowed or grown even wider in the last fifty years?
In collaboration with the London Consortium and the Science Museum
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£20 (£15 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes refreshments
Link: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/symposia/16580.htm
It seems like some policy people will be there too, which i am pleased having missed the recent art and science policy day symposium.
I am planning to go, drop me a line if you are too!
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I think the original article is still worth reading – Snow made some interesting points about science and government that are still relevant today.
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Hi Bob,
“The two cultures” has been highly recommended to me by knowledgeable people (and not necessarily scientists) so i will make a point of reading it asap!
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C P Snow’s Two Cultures is regularly referred to in the pages of Nature over the years since the book was written. Here is a recent example.
I can’t think of any book commenting on science (as opposed to a book about science, eg Origin of Species) that has been quoted so enduringly (over the course of more than 50 years).
Peter Medawar might come close. Are there any American books, or any other books that aren’t by British authors, that have been so influential on people’s thinking over such a long period of time? -
Wrong example!
The right example is here.
The wrong example is very pretty but does not quote C. P. Snow.
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