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C. P. Snow
8 quotes
“The official world, the corridors of power.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Homecomings (1956), ch. 22
“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Public Affairs (London: Macmillan, 1971) p. 195
“There are no secrets in science.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Physicists (1981), published posthumously.
“I believe the intellectual life of the whole of western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups ... Literary intellectuals at one pole—at the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Two polar groups: at one pole we have the literary intellectuals, at the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was searching for something a little more than a dashing metaphor, a good deal less than a cultural map: and for those purposes the two cultures is about right.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their incredulity at the illiteracy of scientists. Once or twice I have been provoked and have asked the company how many of them could describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The response was cold: it was also negative. Yet I was asking something which is about the scientific equivalent of: Have you read a work of Shakespeare's?”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is, of course, no complete solution. […] But we can do something. The chief means open to us is education […] There is no excuse for letting another generation be as vastly ignorant, or as devoid of understanding and sympathy, as we are ourselves.”
C. P. Snow (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source