C.P. Snow (1905–1980)
Autor von The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
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C. P. Snow was born on October 15, 1905 in Leicester, England. He graduated from Leicester University and received a doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge. After working at Cambridge in molecular physics for about 20 years, he became a university administrator. During World War II, he mehr anzeigen was a scientific adviser to the British government. He was knighted in 1957 and created a Baron in the life peerage in 1964. He wrote an 11-volume novel sequence collectively called Strangers and Brothers, which was published between 1940 and 1970. His other works of fiction include Death Under Sail, In Their Wisdom, and A Coat of Varnish. He also wrote several non-fiction works including The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution, Public Affairs, Trollope: His Life and Art, and The Realists: Eight Portraits. He died on July 1, 1980 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1961) 750 Exemplare
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 1: Time of Hope; George Passant; The Conscience of the Rich; The Light and the Dark} (1972) — Autor — 133 Exemplare
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 2: The Masters; The New Men; Homecomings; The Affair} (1972) — Autor — 90 Exemplare
Strangers and Brothers {Volume 3: Corridors of Power; The Sleep of Reason; Last Things} (1971) 79 Exemplare
Einstein 2 Exemplare
The Masters {abridged} — Autor — 1 Exemplar
New Lives for Old 1 Exemplar
Richard Aldington 1 Exemplar
The Affair (Playbill) [Vol 6 No 38] 1 Exemplar
Last Things by C. P. Snow (1970-10-22) 1 Exemplar
Thé Masters 1 Exemplar
Homecomings. Penguin Fiction No.1734 1 Exemplar
The Other Side of the River: Red China Today 1 Exemplar
The Malcontents by C. P. Snow (1972-05-06) 1 Exemplar
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- Snow, Charles Percy
- Andere Namen
- Baron Snow of the City of Leicester
- Geburtstag
- 1905-10-15
- Todestag
- 1980-07-01
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Engeland, Groot-Brittannië
UK - Geburtsort
- Leicester, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- London, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- London, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- University of Cambridge (Christ's College)
University of Leicester - Berufe
- physicist
writer
civil servant - Beziehungen
- Johnson, Pamela Hansford (spouse)
Snow, Philip (brother) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- CBE
Life Peerage, 1965
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1961) - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
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