Entropic creation [electronic resource] : religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology / Helge S. Kragh.
By: Kragh, Helge.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Series: Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945: Publisher: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008Description: 272 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Cosmology -- Religious aspects -- History | Cosmology -- Philosophy -- History | Cosmology -- History -- 19th century | Cosmology -- History -- 20th century | Entropy -- Religious aspects | Entropy -- Philosophy | Second law of thermodynamics | Creationism | Religion and scienceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 261.7/65 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-264) and index.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.