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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.

  • Utgivelsesdato:

    25.02.2016

  • ISBN/Varenr:

    9780198747956

  • Språk:

    Engelsk

  • Forlag:

    Oxford University Press

  • Innbinding:

    Innbundet

  • Fagtema:

    Filosofi og religion

  • Litteraturtype:

    Faglitteratur

  • Sider:

    494

  • Høyde:

    24.9 cm

  • Bredde:

    17.7 cm

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