! – “no place where the two cultures meet,” p16. Snow finds no connection between science and literature, which surprises me as I was under the impression the two co-exist
? – is the argument that snow makes still relevant today? Written in 1959, is there still a divide “between 2 polar groups”? (p.3)
Scientific theories recognised:
Oxygen theory of combustion: Antoine Lavoisier 1770s
Plate tectonics: Alfred Wegener, 1912. Tuzo Wilson, 1960s
Special relativity: Albert Einstein, 1905
General Relativity: Einstein, 1915
Quantum theory: Max Planck, Einstein, etc
Natural Selection: Darwin, 1859
Heliocentrism: Copernicus, 1543
Scientific experiments recognised:
None