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The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions
By (author) Roger Wagner, By (author) Andrew Briggs
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When young children first begin to ask 'why?' they embark on a journey with no final destination. The need to make sense of the world as a whole is an ultimate curiosity that lies at the root of all human religions. It has, in many cultures, shaped and motivated a more down to earth scientific interest in the physical world, which could therefore be described as penultimate curiosity. These two manifestations of curiosity have a history of connection that goes back deep into the human past. Tracing that history all the way from cave painting to quantum physics, this book (a collaboration between a painter and a physical scientist that uses illustrations throughout the narrative) sets out to explain the nature of the long entanglement between religion and science: the ultimate and the penultimate curiosity.
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Publisher | Oxford University Press
Published date | 25 Feb 2016
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 494
Dimensions | 247 x 180 x 30mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 1046g
ISBN | 978-0-1987-4795-6
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BISAC | religion / religion & science
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