Entropic creation [electronic resource] : religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology / Helge S. Kragh.
2008
QB981 .K732 2008
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Entropic creation [electronic resource] : religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology / Helge S. Kragh.
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9780754664147
0754664147
0754664147
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
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English
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272 p.
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QB981 .K732 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
261.7/65
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-264) and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.