{"product_id":"the-penultimate-curiosity-9780198839286","title":"The Penultimate Curiosity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roger Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43577618759741,"sku":"9780198839286","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780198839286.jpg?v=1788652542","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-penultimate-curiosity-9780198839286","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}