SNOW, C(harles) P(ercy)

SNOW, C(harles) P(ercy)
(1905-1980)
   UK writer, created Baron Snow of Leicester in 1964, best known for the long Strangers and Brothers sequence of novels, several of which deal intimately with science and the scientific establishment. In Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959), nonfiction, he famouslysuggested that science and the humanities had indeed become "two cultures", a phrase which has become part of the language. His sf novel, New Lives for Old (1933), published anon, depicts a search for IMMORTALITYand the negative consequences that attend its success.
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  • Snow, C(harles) P(ercy) — later Baron Snow (of the City of Leicester) born Oct. 15, 1905, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng. died July 1, 1980, London British novelist, scientist, and government administrator. Snow was a molecular physicist at the University of Cambridge for …   Universalium

  • Snow, C(harles) P(ercy) — post. barón Snow (de la ciudad de Leicester) (15 oct. 1905, Leicester, Leicestershire, Inglaterra–1 jul. 1980, Londres). Novelista, científico y funcionario de gobierno británico. Snow fue físico molecular en la Universidad de Cambridge durante… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Snow — I. /snoʊ/ (say snoh) noun → Snowy. II. /snoʊ/ (say snoh) noun Sir C(harles) P(ercy), 1905–80, English teacher, administrator, and novelist; works include an 11 volume novel series, Strangers and Brothers (1949–70) …  

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