{"product_id":"the-penultimate-curiosity-448932","title":"The Penultimate Curiosity","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 ofconnection 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 usesillustrations throughout the narrative) sets out to explain the nature of the long entanglement between religion and science: the ultimate and the penultimate curiosity.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51560972321055,"sku":"9780198747956","price":90.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780198747956_1124065.jpg?v=1769126780","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/the-penultimate-curiosity-448932","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}