The penultimate curiosity how science swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions

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 scient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wagner, Roger, autor (autor), Briggs, Andrew, autor
Formato: 991005224839706719
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2016
Edición:First Edition
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Reimpressions : 2017, 2019
Descripción Física:xxv, 468 pàgines : il·lustracions (algunes a color) ; 24 cm
Bibliografía:Inclou referències bibliogràfiques. Bibliografia pàgines 447-456. Índex
ISBN:9780198839286
9780198747956