The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution

This is one of the more important books in terms of understanding the current state of our republic. It was written four decades after the start of the Woodrow Wilson’s progressive movement, and Snow managed to clearly see the impending educational imbalance that was gaining a foothold in the US. Wilson believed that most people were incapable of guiding their own lives, and therefore was a strong proponent of government control. Having been the president of Princeton for a period, Wilson was enamored with education, not in the sense of the applied sciences, but more so in developing academics that could form the administrative state needed to support his progressive dogma.Snow, through his research, developed The Two Cultures by clarifying the split between pure and applied science, but was overly optimistic in his future view. He believed that applied science would self-correct in our country, but did not anticipate many of our institutions of higher learning becoming mutated into liberal arts programs focusing on political dogma versus preparing our youth for careers that support means of production and the economic stability of our republic. The last 8-10 pages are illuminating but also disheartening – I will let the reader absorb that portion and make their own conclusions.

Thought provoking. Interesting to compare with today's society. How China has changed the world order and the laziness and blindness in America and Europe has allowed it in a relatively short time. Wake up!

Accurate PredictionsA lot of information is dated, but the predictions are descriptive of our time,, in that few are trained to do manual work.

The book may appear somewhat dated, but it is still highly relevant. Seeking the sources of the disconnect between the scientific and literary worlds in the latter's refusal to acknowledge the positive impact of the industrial revolution is brilliant. Also Snow's discussion of the rift between the pure academic research / science and the applied research / engineering is spot on.

I enjoyed the book was direct, “to the point,” as other include long background information I did not want. Recommend to all.

One of the great essays on the decline of the liberal arts curriculum. I read this as a teen in the 60s, and it's influenced me as a student, a parent, a citizen, and now a student again in retirement. I'm loaning it around my departments (math and physics) at my university, and to my delight most of the "hard science" faculty agree that this is a serious problem.

If you wanted to understand why our political worlds are so divided this explains it very well. Pseudo intellectuals who've never actually produced anything "thinking" they have all the answers to the worlds problems. While those of us who work and build and create take all the blame from the aforementioned group. Very Insightful.

Interesting and thought provoking discussion involving two different groups of society.

El producto me llegó dañado

Every scientist should read this

A remarkable inside into people and history in recent post war years - the dilemmas.

Todo perfecto y muy rápido

Excellent.