Comments on: One Month Until "Two Cultures" Conference http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Two Cultures Reading Schedule | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16145 The Two Cultures Reading Schedule | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:47:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16145 [...] I’ve decided to do this C.P. Snow blogging thing. Here’s the [...] [...] I’ve decided to do this C.P. Snow blogging thing. Here’s the [...]

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16144 Chris Mooney Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:01:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16144 hmm, is this a critical mass? thinking about it.... hmm, is this a critical mass? thinking about it….

]]> By: David Bruggeman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16143 David Bruggeman Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:57:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16143 I'm game. I’m game.

]]> By: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16142 The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:55:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16142 [...] Chris invited readers to discuss C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures here at The Intersection.  A few folks have already [...] [...] Chris invited readers to discuss C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures here at The Intersection.  A few folks have already [...]

]]> By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16141 Ashutosh Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:37:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16141 Hey, count me in for the Two Cultures reading. Also, I was reading about De Revolutionibus...yesterday in Richard Westfall's magisterial biography of Newton and wonder if you have read it. Hey, count me in for the Two Cultures reading. Also, I was reading about De Revolutionibus…yesterday in Richard Westfall’s magisterial biography of Newton and wonder if you have read it.

]]> By: Soto http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16140 Soto Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:28:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16140 I think this is worth doing. I just ordered the book, so I am in. I think this is worth doing. I just ordered the book, so I am in.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16139 Chris Mooney Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:10:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16139 De Revolutionibus....long story, let's put it that way. I'll have more about this, in due course..... De Revolutionibus….long story, let’s put it that way. I’ll have more about this, in due course…..

]]> By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16138 Ashutosh Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:08:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16138 I will be there I will be there

]]> By: Erasmussimo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16137 Erasmussimo Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:28:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16137 You mentioned in an old post that you were reading De Revolutionibus. Now, be honest -- how far did you get through those intricate geometric proofs? I got about a quarter of the way in before I threw up my hands. And his pre-trigonometry trig -- were you able to follow that? I think I got most of it, but I'm still woozy on some of his uses of it. One thing about De Revolutionibus -- it certainly sets to rest any notions that science before 1600 was simple-minded! You mentioned in an old post that you were reading De Revolutionibus. Now, be honest — how far did you get through those intricate geometric proofs? I got about a quarter of the way in before I threw up my hands. And his pre-trigonometry trig — were you able to follow that? I think I got most of it, but I’m still woozy on some of his uses of it. One thing about De Revolutionibus — it certainly sets to rest any notions that science before 1600 was simple-minded!

]]> By: Jon Winsor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16136 Jon Winsor Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:23:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/09/one-month-until-two-cultures-conference/#comment-16136 Already read it. I didn't know Lionel Trilling weighed in. I still think Isaiah Berlin's treatment of the issue was the best I've read, IMHO. ("On the Divorce Between the Sciences and the Humanities.") Already read it. I didn’t know Lionel Trilling weighed in.

I still think Isaiah Berlin’s treatment of the issue was the best I’ve read, IMHO. (“On the Divorce Between the Sciences and the Humanities.”)

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