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Matter and spirit in the universe : scientific and religious preludes to modern cosmology / Helge Kragh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kragh, Helge, 1944-
- Series:
- History of modern physical sciences ; v. 3.
- History of modern physical sciences ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology--History.
- Cosmology.
- Cosmology--Religious aspects--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cosmology is an unusual science with an unusual history. This bookexamines the formative years of modern cosmology from the perspectiveof its interaction with religious thought. As the first study of itskind, it reveals how closely associated the development of cosmologyhas been with considerations of a philosophical and religiousnature.
- Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Introduction: Cosmo-theology before Einstein 1; A Thermodynamic Universe 2; Expanding Horizons 3; The Primeval-atom Universe 4; Cosmo-physics 5; Cosmology between Theism and Atheism 6; Epilogue: From Standard Model to Quantum Cosmology 7; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-289) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611866617
- 9781281866615
- 128186661X
- 9781860946042
- 1860946046
- OCLC:
- 475950975
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