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The Two Cultures

Rede lecture held in 1959 by Charles Percy Snow (published as an essay in the same year), theorizing a splitting between two cultures (humanistic and scientific) in Western education patterns, as a major hindrance to solving the world's problems
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The Two Cultures

Summary

The Two Cultures is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Two Cultures authored C. P. Snow[3].
  • The Two Cultures's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Two Cultures's instance of is recorded as Rede Lecture[5].
  • The Two Cultures's instance of is recorded as creative work[6].
  • The Two Cultures's genre is recorded as essay[7].
  • The Two Cultures's followed by is recorded as The two cultures; and, A second look: an expanded version of 'The two cultures and the scientific revolution'[8].
  • The Two Cultures's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 182343478[9].
  • The Two Cultures's GND ID is recorded as 4548851-4[10].
  • The Two Cultures's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n94001946[11].
  • The Two Cultures's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001325160[12].
  • The Two Cultures's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Two Cultures's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35613286[14].
  • The Two Cultures's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • The Two Cultures's publication date is recorded as +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Two Cultures's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024gmr[17].
  • The Two Cultures's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as aun2010569370[18].
  • The Two Cultures's has edition or translation is recorded as The two cultures; and, A second look: an expanded version of 'The two cultures and the scientific revolution'[19].
  • The Two Cultures's main subject is recorded as scientific culture[20].
  • The Two Cultures's main subject is recorded as humanities[21].
  • The Two Cultures's main subject is recorded as Western world[22].
  • The Two Cultures's main subject is recorded as Western culture[23].
  • The Two Cultures's main subject is recorded as education[24].
  • The Two Cultures's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 002080343[25].
  • The Two Cultures's described by source is recorded as The two (institutional) cultures: a consideration of structural barriers to interdisciplinarity[26].
  • The Two Cultures's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Two-Cultures-and-the-Scientific-Revolution[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4], Rede Lecture[5], and creative work[6].

Why It Matters

The Two Cultures ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

C. P. Snow humanities United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . id.loc.gov. Retrieved . id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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