Comments on: Agenda For The “Two Cultures” Conference http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14475 Ashutosh Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:06:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14475 I would be quite interested in knowing what you think about Peter Dizikes's thoughtful NYT piece on the Two Cultures and Snow. I would be quite interested in knowing what you think about Peter Dizikes’s thoughtful NYT piece on the Two Cultures and Snow.

]]> By: Jon Winsor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14474 Jon Winsor Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:08:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14474 (Yikes, though. Why are the Intertubes so full of libertarian sites like the one I just linked to?) (Yikes, though. Why are the Intertubes so full of libertarian sites like the one I just linked to?)

]]> By: Jon Winsor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14477 Jon Winsor Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:57:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14477 It's Raphael's School of Athens. It’s Raphael’s School of Athens.

]]> By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14476 Ashutosh Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:24:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14476 Perhaps I should grab this chance while I can get a student discount for the last time. Perhaps I should grab this chance while I can get a student discount for the last time.

]]> By: Jon Winsor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14478 Jon Winsor Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14478 Nice choice for an illustration. I forget the name of the painting, but I'm pretty sure I heard it discussed once. At the center is Plato and his student Aristotle, right? Plato points upward toward the forms. Aristotle is making a downward gesture, emphasizing the material. Nice choice for an illustration. I forget the name of the painting, but I’m pretty sure I heard it discussed once. At the center is Plato and his student Aristotle, right? Plato points upward toward the forms. Aristotle is making a downward gesture, emphasizing the material.

]]> By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14479 Ashutosh Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:14:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/18/agenda-for-the-two-cultures-conference/#comment-14479 You may find the following post from the NYT interesting. Research for America, just like Teach for America link You may find the following post from the NYT interesting. Research for America, just like Teach for America

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