The philosophic origins of science and the evolution of the two cultures.(includes poem, 'A Tadpole and a Fish,' by Langdon W. Smith)

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The philosophic origins of science and the evolution of the two cultures, that of science and that of the arts, are discussed with attention to Aristotle and his classification of animals and other achievements, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Schweitzer, Langdon W. Smith, whose poem 'A Tadpole and a Fish' is included in the article, and C.P. Snow.

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