Mathematics and Human Behavior
Earl Hunt, Historical Modeling, and the Dream of a Unified Approach
As we discussed a few weeks ago, in 1959, C.P. Snow gave a lecture at Cambridge that should have echoed through the corridors of modern intellectual life. He spoke of “The Two Cultures”: the chasm between the sciences and the humanities. Snow, a scientist and novelist, believed this divide was not just academic but dangerous. It left societies without a…
