| The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions Contributor(s): Wagner, Roger (Author), Briggs, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198747950 ISBN-13: 9780198747956 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (2.30 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |