The Penultimate Curiosity - How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Roger Wagner (Artist and writer) • Andrew Briggs (Professor of Nanomaterials)
Dimensions:	247 x 180 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-874795-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-19-874795-0
Barcode:	9780198747956

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