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The Penultimate Curiosity

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

The Penultimate Curiosity

By Roger Wagner

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About the book

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. Trac...Show more

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9780198747956

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2016

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1

Original title

The Penultimate Curiosity

Format

Hardcover

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