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Charles Percy Snow

Charles Percy Snow (1905-1980), C P Snow in short, Baron Snow, was an English novelist and physical chemist. He served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. However, he is best known for his series of novels known collectively as "Strangers and Brothers", and for "The Two Cultures", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".

Wisdom & Quotes

  • Foreigners can always tempt one to abandon any sensible habit.
- Strangers and Brothers, television broadcast, 1985

Walter Smith

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