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050 0 0 _aBL240.3
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100 1 _aWagner, Roger,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe penultimate curiosity :
_bhow science swims in the slipstream of ultimate questions /
_cRoger Wagner, artist and writer, and Andrew Briggs, professor of nanomaterials, University of Oxford, UK.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016
300 _axxiii, 468 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 447-456) and index.
505 0 _aIn the beginning -- God-driven science -- Encounters in Alexandria -- The long argument -- The open book of heaven -- Priests of nature -- The ocean of truth -- Voyages of discovery -- In the beginning II -- Through the laboratory door -- Epilogue.
520 _aWhen 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. --
_cAmazon.
650 0 _aReligion and science.
650 0 _aCuriosity.
650 7 _aRELIGION
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650 7 _aCuriosity.
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650 7 _aReligion and science.
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650 7 _aWissenschaft
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650 7 _aWissbegier
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650 1 2 _aReligion and Science.
650 1 2 _aScience
_xhistory.
700 1 _aBriggs, Andrew,
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