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Hard Thinking

The Fusion of Politics and Science

In 1512 Niccolo Machiavelli defined politics as the struggle for power. During that same era, science became defined as the quest for knowledge. For nearly five centuries now this gap between politics and science – what C.P. Snow famously called “the two cultures” – has steadily widened.

Now Herbert E. Meyer argues that as we move into the twenty-first century our survival requires that we fuse the two cultures; that we transform politics itself from the struggle for power to the quest for knowledge about how we can best organize and manage our public affairs.

“Every scientist interested in public affairs should read this book. So should every politician.”

— Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine and
Founding Director of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

“Delightful! To infuse the spirit, the methods, and the fundamental good will of science into politics would indeed be a giant stop forward.”

— Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University

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	In 1512 Niccolo Machiavelli defined politics as the struggle for power. During that same era, science became defined as the quest for knowledge. For nearly five centuries now this gap between politics and science – what C.P. Snow famously called “the two cultures” – has steadily widened. Now Herbert E. Meyer argues that as we move into the twenty-first century our survival requires that we fuse the two cultures; that we transform politics itself from the struggle for power to the quest for knowledge about how we can best organize and manage our public affairs.
“Every scientist interested in public affairs should read this book. So should every politician.” — Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine and Founding Director of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies “Delightful! To infuse the spirit, the methods, and the fundamental good will of science into politics would indeed be a giant stop forward.” — Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University

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