
The Penultimate Curiosity : How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions
Briggs, Andrew Wagner, Roger
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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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Utgivelsesdato:
25.02.2016
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ISBN/Varenr:
9780198747956
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Språk:
Engelsk
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Forlag:
Oxford University Press
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Innbinding:
Innbundet
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Fagtema:
Filosofi og religion
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Litteraturtype:
Faglitteratur
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Sider:
494
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Høyde:
24.9 cm
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Bredde:
17.7 cm