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.
| ISBN | 9780198839286 |
| Autor(a) | Wagner, Roger |
| Editora | Oxford Univ Pr |
| Ano de edição | 2019 |
| Páginas | 496 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 23,90 X 16,50 |