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By Harold Varmus. 315 pp., illustrated. New York, W.W. Norton, 2009. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-393-06128-4.

The idea for this engaging autobiography originated in English novelist and scientist C.P. Snow's concept of two separate cultures — the culture of the arts and the culture of the sciences. In several of his novels, Snow explores the differences between the cultures of science and public policy, as well as the experiences of people working at the interface of these two cultures. This latter topic is closer to the thrust of The Art and Politics of Science. Descriptions of politics as "the art of the possible" and science as "the art of the soluble" reveal the overlap, although . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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