Entropic creation: religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kragh, Helge 1944- (Author)
Format:	Print Book
Language:	English
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Interlibrary Loan:	Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published:	Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate c2008
In:	Year: 2008
Reviews:	Compte rendu de Helge S. Kragh : «Entropic Creation : Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology» (2019) (Radelet-de Grave, Patricia)
Series/Journal:	Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945
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

Description
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
Physical Description:	272 S, 24 cm
ISBN:	0-7546-6414-7 978-0-7546-6414-7

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