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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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:0754664147