The Implications for Engineers of C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures"

Communication between the "two cultures" (science and technology on one hand and the rest of the intellectual world on the other) is breaking down, and the result is a dangerously widening gulf which can be bridged only by people who are more or less at home in both cultures. We need to reform our educational system so that the education of the gifted can be concentrated and accelerated, and so that specialization follows or accompanies liberal education instead of superseding it. Liberally educated engineers are ideally situated to communicate with scientists on one hand and educated laymen on the other; they can set an example as a professional group on speaking terms with both worlds.