Third Culture
John Brockman, JOHN BROCKMAN, John Brockman · 1995
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About the book
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.
First sentence: The universe is changing in time, and it has evolved from something simpler to something more complex.
Book details
- Year
- 1995
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780684823447
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