C. P. Snow (1905-1980) va ser un escriptor, científic i polític britànic. Va estudiar a la University College de Leicester i la Universitat de Cambridge. Com a autor, és conegut per la sèrie de novel·les policíaques Strangers and Brothers i l”assaig Les dues cultures, en el qual posa de manifest la separació entre la ciència i les humanitats.
41 E-böcker av C. P. Snow
C. P. Snow: Science and Government
Science and Government is a gripping account of one of the great scientific rivalries of the twentieth century. The antagonists are Sir Henry Tizard, a chemist from Imperial College, and Frederick …
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€15.16
C.P. Snow: Affair
In the eighth in the Strangers and Brothers series Donald Howard, a young science Fellow is charged with scientific fraud and dismissed from his college. This novel, which became a successful West …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Coat Of Varnish
Humphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend, Lady Ashbrook. She is waiting for her test results, fearing cancer. When Lady Ashbrook gets the all clear she has …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Conscience Of The Rich
Seventh in the Strangers and Brothers series, this is a novel of conflict exploring the world of the great Anglo-Jewish banking families between the two World Wars. Charles March is heir to one of …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Corridors Of Power
The corridors and committee rooms of Whitehall are the setting for the ninth in the Strangers and Brothers series. They are also home to the manipulation of political power. Roger Quaife wages his …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Death Under Sail
Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his …
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€7.58
C.P. Snow: George Passant
In the first of the Strangers and Brothers series Lewis Eliot tells the story of George Passant, a Midland solicitor’s managing clerk and idealist who tries to bring freedom to a group of people in …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Homecomings
Homecomings is the sixth in the Strangers and Brothers series and sequel to Time of Hope. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot’s life through World War II. After his first wife’s …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: In Their Wisdom
Economic storm clouds gather as bad political weather is forecast for the nation. Three elderly peers look on from the sidelines of the House of Lords and wonder if it will mean the end of a certain …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Last Things
The last in the Strangers and Brothers series has Sir Lewis Eliot’s heart stop briefly during an operation. During recovery he passes judgement on his achievements and dreams. Concerns fall from him …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Light And The Dark
The Light and the Dark is the second in the Strangers and Brothers series. The story is set in Cambridge, but the plot also moves to Monte Carlo, Berlin and Switzerland. Lewis Eliot narrates the …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Malcontents
Thomas Freer is a prosperous solicitor who is also the Registrar, responsible for his cathedral’s legal business. His son Stephen is one of a secret group of young men and women known as the core. …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: New Men
It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the Strangers and Brothers series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Physicists
C P Snow’s sketches of famous physicists and explanation of how atomic weapons were developed gives an overview of science often lacking. This study provides us with hope for the future as well as …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Search
This story told in the first person starts with a child’s interest in the night sky. A telescope starts a lifetime’s interest in science. The narrator goes up to King’s College, London to study. As a …
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€7.52
C.P. Snow: Sleep Of Reason
The penultimate novel in the Strangers and Brothers series takes Goya’s theme of monsters that appear in our sleep. The sleep of reason here is embodied in the ghastly murders of children that …
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€7.62
C.P. Snow: Time Of Hope
Time of Hope is the third in the Strangers and Brothers series and tells the story of Lewis Eliot’s early life. As a child he is faced with his father’s bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his …
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€7.52
C. P. Snow: Les dues cultures
Una reflexió essencial sobre el divorci entre la literatura i la ciència.
Per primer cop en català, la importantíssima reflexió de l’escriptor Charles P. Snow sobre el divorci entre les ’dues …
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€3.99
C. P. Snow & F. R. Leavis: Las dos culturas
En 1959 el físico y novelista C.P. Snow dictó una conferencia en la Universidad de Cambridge que nunca pensó que causaría tanto revuelo ’Las dos culturas’, en la que deja claro el clivaje que existe …
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€2.49
C P Snow: Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
This is the publication of the influential 1959 Rede Lecture by British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow. Its thesis was that "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" was …
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€1.25
C. P. Snow: Death Under Sail
Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€11.37
C.P. Snow: Affair
In the eighth in the Strangers and Brothers series Donald Howard, a young science Fellow is charged with scientific fraud and dismissed from his college. This novel, which became a successful West …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Conscience Of The Rich
Seventh in the Strangers and Brothers series, this is a novel of conflict exploring the world of the great Anglo-Jewish banking families between the two World Wars. Charles March is heir to one of …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Corridors Of Power
The corridors and committee rooms of Whitehall are the setting for the ninth in the Strangers and Brothers series. They are also home to the manipulation of political power. Roger Quaife wages his …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Death Under Sail
Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: George Passant
In the first of the Strangers and Brothers series Lewis Eliot tells the story of George Passant, a Midland solicitor’s managing clerk and idealist who tries to bring freedom to a group of people in …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.62
C.P. Snow: Homecomings
Homecomings is the sixth in the Strangers and Brothers series and sequel to Time of Hope. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot’s life through World War II. After his first wife’s …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.54
C.P. Snow: In Their Wisdom
Economic storm clouds gather as bad political weather is forecast for the nation. Three elderly peers look on from the sidelines of the House of Lords and wonder if it will mean the end of a certain …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Last Things
The last in the Strangers and Brothers series has Sir Lewis Eliot’s heart stop briefly during an operation. During recovery he passes judgement on his achievements and dreams. Concerns fall from him …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.56
C.P. Snow: Light And The Dark
The Light and the Dark is the second in the Strangers and Brothers series. The story is set in Cambridge, but the plot also moves to Monte Carlo, Berlin and Switzerland. Lewis Eliot narrates the …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.53
C.P. Snow: Malcontents
Thomas Freer is a prosperous solicitor who is also the Registrar, responsible for his cathedral’s legal business. His son Stephen is one of a secret group of young men and women known as the core. …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.62
C.P. Snow: New Men
It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the Strangers and Brothers series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Physicists
C P Snow’s sketches of famous physicists and explanation of how atomic weapons were developed gives an overview of science often lacking. This study provides us with hope for the future as well as …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Search
This story told in the first person starts with a child’s interest in the night sky. A telescope starts a lifetime’s interest in science. The narrator goes up to King’s College, London to study. As a …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Time Of Hope
Time of Hope is the third in the Strangers and Brothers series and tells the story of Lewis Eliot’s early life. As a child he is faced with his father’s bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Coat Of Varnish
Humphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend, Lady Ashbrook. She is waiting for her test results, fearing cancer. When Lady Ashbrook gets the all clear she has …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Sleep Of Reason
The penultimate novel in the Strangers and Brothers series takes Goya’s theme of monsters that appear in our sleep. The sleep of reason here is embodied in the ghastly murders of children that …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€7.52
C.P. Snow: Masters
The fourth in the Strangers and Brothers series begins with the dying Master of a Cambridge college. His imminent demise causes intense rivalry and jealousy amongst the other fellows. Former friends …
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€7.52
