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Two Culture - Never the Twain Shall Meet - Scinetists wonder why today the word 'Intellectual" is used to describe only those in arts and letter

[9.30.97]

Brockman, a writer and literary agent himself, believes that the best scientific work ranks as high as any other endeavor in the great achievements of the human mind.

Two Culture - Never the Twain Shall Meet - Scinetists wonder why today the word 'Intellectual" is used to describe only those in arts and letter [1]

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[ Tue. Sep. 30. 1997 ]

Brockman, a writer and literary agent himself, believes that the best scientific work ranks as high as any other endeavor in the great achievements of the human mind.

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