I’ve written a piece for Literary Hub about what C. P. Snow called “The Two Cultures,” scientific knowledge vs. the literary arts—how my family turned them into a quiet but sustained battle, how I straddled them in my life and in my new novel, The Stone Loves the World. You can check it out here.
Lit Hub piece on science and art in The Stone Loves the World
I liked The Saskiad when I read it many years ago, and I am thoroughly enjoying The Stone Loves the World. I happened upon both by chance!
I have never understood why people took or still take Snow’s “Two Cultures” seriously.
I rant on it here: https://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/2005/02/12/two-culturesi-wish/
Thanks for the great reads!🤓😀
Hi Gary,
I’m glad you’re enjoying The Stone Loves the World! I won’t defend Snow’s tone in his essay. I do wish more voters (and politicians, and reporters, and members of the Supreme Court) had a better grasp of mathematics–in particular, statistics. It would make our democracy healthier.