The Two Cultures, Fifty Years On (broadcast Friday, May 8th, 2009)

Fifty years ago this week, British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow. gave a lecture at Cambridge University describing what has come to be known as the 'Two Cultures,' a growing divide, lack of understanding, and lack of communication between the sciences and the humanities. In this segment, we'll look back on the 'Two Cultures' lecture, and what followed afterward. Is there still a fundamental divide between the sciences and the humanities?

Guests

Charles Seife
Author, "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" and "Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking"
Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
New York University
New York, NY

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Segment produced by:Flora Lichtman

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