Entropic creation: religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Published: |
Aldershot [u.a.]
Ashgate
c2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Compte rendu de Helge S. Kragh : «Entropic Creation : Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology» (2019) (Radelet-de Grave, Patricia)
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| Series/Journal: | Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Second law of thermodynamics
/ Cosmology
/ History 1860-1920
B Entropy / Cosmogony / End of the world / History 1860-1920 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Cosmology Philosophy History B Creationism B Entropy Religious aspects B Cosmology History 20th century B Second law of thermodynamics B Entropy Philosophy B Cosmology History 19th century B Cosmology Religious aspects History B Cosmology History 19th century B Cosmology History 20th century |
| Item Description: | Introduction -- Some early ideas on decay and creation -- Thermodynamics and the heat death -- The entropic creation argument -- Concepts of the universe -- Post-1920 developments -- Shadows from the past. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-264) and index. - Formerly CIP |
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| Physical Description: | 272 S, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0754664147 |