‘He believed there was only one culture’

Sir Edward Victor Appleton (1892 – 1965): The Scotsman, 15 December 1962:

A tube or twa of impure NEON

William Ramsay, Scottish scientist: William Ramsay, on his childhood: Our etymological dictionary begins: But this, of course, is a generalisation as William Ramsay reveals: William Ramsay reminds us that the … Continue reading A tube or twa of impure NEON

Corridors of Power

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The “two cultures”

Robert Whelan, May 2009:  “Fifty years on, CP Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’ are united in desperation In a famous lecture 50 years ago, CP Snow warned that science and arts were … Continue reading The “two cultures”