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Paperback The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions Book
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ISBN: 0198839286

ISBN13: 9780198839286

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

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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...

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