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

by Roger Wagner and Andrew Briggs

Book Overview

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: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"