How an Historic Roman Shipwreck May Clarify the Universe

In a 1956 New States­man piece, the British sci­en­tist-nov­el­ist C. P. Snow first sound­ed the alarm concerning the increas­ing­ly chasm-like divide between what he known as the “sci­en­tif­ic” and “tra­di­tion­al” cul­tures. We might at this time consult with them because the sci­ences and the human­i­ties, whereas nonetheless wring­ing our fingers over the inabil­i­ty of every…