{"product_id":"the-penultimate-curiosity-roger-wagner-9780198747956","title":"The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Wagner, Andrew Briggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198747950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198747956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016","brand":"Roger Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227504963839,"sku":"9780198747956","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17545915-4ac3-4a82-9196-ddbd90767436.jpg?v=1692809052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-penultimate-curiosity-roger-wagner-9780198747956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}