--- product_id: 12877133 title: "The Two Cultures (Canto Classics)" brand: "c. p. snowstefan collini" price: "KSh7538" currency: KES in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/12877133-the-two-cultures-canto-classics store_origin: KE region: Kenya --- # The Two Cultures (Canto Classics) **Brand:** c. p. snowstefan collini **Price:** KSh7538 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Two Cultures (Canto Classics) by c. p. snowstefan collini - **How much does it cost?** KSh7538 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/12877133-the-two-cultures-canto-classics) ## Best For - c. p. snowstefan collini enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted c. p. snowstefan collini brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Two Cultures (Canto Classics) ## Images ![The Two Cultures (Canto Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41qSeholysL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, a must-have in a personal collection *by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022* Great reflections made by C. P. Snow about a problem he identified back in his time but still persists to this very day. Bought it as a recommendation and the book didn't disappoint me, even though some of the perspectives to address the issue the author is trying to tackle have already proven to ineffective or plain naïve. I still liked the book and would recommend it as a basic read to recognize the existence of the problem and how it has morphed during the last decades to this present day. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Far better than I thought *by W***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2004* Every representation I've seen of this work was wrong, or so incomplete as to be gravely misleading. As usual, the glib sound-biters omit not only the interesting parts of the points they quote, they omit the real point of the essay.If anyone reads the second half of this essay, they see that it writes about the widening gap between rich countries and poor - the technologically trained and untrained. Yes, Snow writes about the schism and even mutual suspicion between the communities of liberal arts and hard sciences. That's just a fact, at least as true now as it was 45 years ago. That is not what's interesting.The consequence is what matters. Overpopulation, mass starvation, and destruction by war or disease are political problems. The solutions must involve tools provided by technology. The tragedy of "the two cultures" is the breakdown between the politicians who must wield the tools and the technologists who must create them. This is not about technology controlling the world, it is about creating a generation of thinkers who can reason about both social and technical problems. It is about education that allows people to examine the physical facts of the physical world that underly so many curable causes of human misery. It is about understanding the technology of possible solutions well enough to weigh the costs and rewards in a rational way.As I write this, the 2000-era Bush administration is busy firing science advisors who don't give the "right" answer, is cancelling the space research programs that have given the largest volume of new knowledge, and creating new scorched-earth policies for environmental management. It's a problem not just in the US, but worldwide. This is exactly the failure that Snow hoped so fervently that educated men and women would have the wisdom to prevent. ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars Must read for anyone interested in the culture wars *by M***I on Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2009* This is the classic essay that brought into focus the contrast between the "two cultures," i.e. the sciences and the humanities. It simply is a must read for anyone who is seriously interested in the recent and to some extent still ongoing culture wars, in particular the clash between postmodernism and scientism. Snow's original lecture constitutes the central part of this book, but the historical preface is just as valuable to provide the reader with the proper context and follow-up to the controversy. I found Snow's own update, on the other hand, rather superfluous. It was probably written too soon after the original, without leaving sufficient time for interesting developments to unfold. 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