Dissecting The Two Cultures

Martin Kemp
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Martin Kemp: Martin Kemp is emeritus professor in history of art at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7243, 32-33

Abstract: Fifty years ago today, Charles Percy Snow argued in an influential lecture that the failure of science and the humanities to converse, and the lack of scientists in positions of power, was disastrous for society. In the first of three essays marking this anniversary, Martin Kemp contends that the real enemy of understanding is not these 'Two Cultures' but specialization in all disciplines.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/459032a

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