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Entropic creation : religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology / Helge S. Kragh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kragh, Helge, 1944-
- Series:
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology--Religious aspects--History.
- Cosmology.
- Cosmology--Philosophy--History.
- Cosmology--History--19th century.
- Cosmology--History--20th century.
- Entropy--Religious aspects.
- Entropy.
- Entropy--Philosophy.
- Second law of thermodynamics.
- Creationism.
- Religion and science.
- History.
- Cosmology--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-264) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780754664147
- 0754664147
- OCLC:
- 173182815
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