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The Third Culture is an eye-opening look at the intellectual culture of today - in which science, not literature or philosophy, takes center stage in the debate over human nature and the nature of the universe. Thirty-five years ago, C. P. Snow, in a now famous essay, wrote about the polarization of the "two cultures" - literary intellectuals on the one hand, and scientists on the other. Although he hoped for the emergence of a "third culture" that would bridge the gap, it is only recently - when books such as Daniel C. Dennett's Consciousness Explained, Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind, and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct became bestsellers - that science has changed the intellectual landscape.
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The Third Culture, John Brockman
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- Title
- The Third Culture
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Brockman
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 413
- ISBN10
- 0684803593
- ISBN13
- 9780684803593
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Technology & Engineering, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Biology, Science, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Technology, Physics, Culture and Society, Popular science publications
- First published
- 1995
- Original title
- The Third Culture
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
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- The Third Culture is an eye-opening look at the intellectual culture of today - in which science, not literature or philosophy, takes center stage in the debate over human nature and the nature of the universe. Thirty-five years ago, C. P. Snow, in a now famous essay, wrote about the polarization of the "two cultures" - literary intellectuals on the one hand, and scientists on the other. Although he hoped for the emergence of a "third culture" that would bridge the gap, it is only recently - when books such as Daniel C. Dennett's Consciousness Explained, Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind, and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct became bestsellers - that science has changed the intellectual landscape.