RT Book T1 Entropic creation: religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology T2 Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945 A1 Kragh, Helge 1944- LA English PP Aldershot u.a. PB Ashgate YR 2008 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/545555027 NO 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 CN QB981 SN 0-7546-6414-7 SN 978-0-7546-6414-7 K1 Cosmology : Religious aspects : History K1 Cosmology : Philosophy : History K1 Cosmology : History : 19th century K1 Cosmology : History : 20th century K1 Entropy : Religious aspects K1 Entropy : Philosophy K1 Second law of thermodynamics K1 Creationism K1 Religion and science