{"product_id":"9780191075704","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.  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.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166628167920,"sku":"9780191075704","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191075704_p0.jpg?v=1763660568","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191075704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}