C.P. Snow (1905–1980)
Auteur van The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1961) 760 exemplaren
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 1: Time of Hope; George Passant; The Conscience of the Rich; The Light and the Dark} (1972) — Auteur — 134 exemplaren
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 2: The Masters; The New Men; Homecomings; The Affair} (1972) — Auteur — 91 exemplaren
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 3: Corridors of Power; The Sleep of Reason; Last Things} (1971) 80 exemplaren
Einstein 2 exemplaren
The Masters {abridged} — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
New Lives for Old 1 exemplaar
Richard Aldington 1 exemplaar
The Affair (Playbill) [Vol 6 No 38] 1 exemplaar
Thé Masters 1 exemplaar
The Other Side of the River: Red China Today 1 exemplaar
Strangers&Brothers 1 exemplaar
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Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- Snow, Charles Percy
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Baron Snow of the City of Leicester
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- 1905-10-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1980-07-01
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- Engeland, Groot-Brittannië
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- Leicester, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Cambridge, England, UK
London, England, UK - Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (Christ's College)
University of Leicester - Beroepen
- physicist
writer
civil servant - Relaties
- Johnson, Pamela Hansford (spouse)
Snow, Philip (brother) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- CBE
Life Peerage, 1965
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1961) - Ontwarringsbericht
- Do not combine this page with that of Charles Percy, who is a different person entirely. Thanks.
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