C.P. Snow (1905–1980)
Author of The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
About the Author
C. P. Snow was born on October 15, 1905 in Leicester, England. He graduated from Leicester University and received a doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge. After working at Cambridge in molecular physics for about 20 years, he became a university administrator. During World War II, he show more was a scientific adviser to the British government. He was knighted in 1957 and created a Baron in the life peerage in 1964. He wrote an 11-volume novel sequence collectively called Strangers and Brothers, which was published between 1940 and 1970. His other works of fiction include Death Under Sail, In Their Wisdom, and A Coat of Varnish. He also wrote several non-fiction works including The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution, Public Affairs, Trollope: His Life and Art, and The Realists: Eight Portraits. He died on July 1, 1980 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not combine this page with that of Charles Percy, who is a different person entirely. Thanks.
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Series
Works by C.P. Snow
The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1961) 760 copies
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 1: Time of Hope; George Passant; The Conscience of the Rich; The Light and the Dark} (1972) — Author — 134 copies
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 2: The Masters; The New Men; Homecomings; The Affair} (1972) — Author — 91 copies
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 3: Corridors of Power; The Sleep of Reason; Last Things} (1971) 80 copies
Einstein 2 copies
The Masters {abridged} — Author — 1 copy
New Lives for Old 1 copy
Richard Aldington 1 copy
Thé Masters 1 copy
Strangers&Brothers 1 copy
Associated Works
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Contributor — 6 copies
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- Legal name
- Snow, Charles Percy
- Other names
- Snow, Charles Percy
Baron Snow of the City of Leicester - Birthdate
- 1905-10-15
- Date of death
- 1980-07-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Leicester, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, England, UK
London, England, UK - Education
- University of Cambridge (Christ's College)
University of Leicester - Occupations
- physicist
writer
civil servant - Relationships
- Johnson, Pamela Hansford (spouse)
Snow, Philip (brother) - Awards and honors
- CBE
Life Peerage, 1965
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1961) - Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine this page with that of Charles Percy, who is a different person entirely. Thanks.
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The Masters (4) (Strangers and Brothers) by C.P. Snow
A very well-written novel exploring the vanities and insecurities of a group of senior tutors in their efforts to elect a new master of their college in Cambridge, England. This is #4 in an 11 book series tracing the life of one British man in the years around WWII. I've ordered the first book in the series and look forward to reading the entire lot!
The bookstore mistakenly sent me this one instead of Janet Frame's A State of Siege; thought I might as well read it—but now I'm doubly disappointed I didn't get the right book.
My mother had been recommending the first of the Strangers and Brothers books for sometime. Perhaps it was because if the strongvrevommrndation that I found it a little underwhelming. The story follows Lewis as he grows up, his early childhood, his father's business failure and on as his makes his way on the career ladder. Lewis is someone with whom one feels sympathy, he is poor but ambitious, working hard to rise above his working class origins at a time when this was much harder.
However, Lewis in love is not so engaging. He has the misfortune to love a woman who doesn't return his affections and instead becomes a dead weight, holding him back from a promising career. There are times when reading this when you want to shake him and shout "pull yourself together man", something his friends continually advise but Lewis is deaf.
It's an engaging read for the wonderful characters who are very real, even if it's a bit if a frustrating story.… (more)
However, Lewis in love is not so engaging. He has the misfortune to love a woman who doesn't return his affections and instead becomes a dead weight, holding him back from a promising career. There are times when reading this when you want to shake him and shout "pull yourself together man", something his friends continually advise but Lewis is deaf.
It's an engaging read for the wonderful characters who are very real, even if it's a bit if a frustrating story.… (more)
1959 is the year in which this text was written (or actually the corresponding speech given). It now sounds not only as an anticipation of a "third culture" that we might (maybe) recognize in the diffusion of new medias. It's also a brilliant, euro-centric view on our educational situation. Plus, it gives an interesting view of industrial revolution consequences.
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