The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions

by Roger Wagner and 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198839286

ISBN13:9780198839286

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:496 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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