Entropic creation : religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology /

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Entropic Creation is the first book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, and the theory proposed by certain Christian scholars during the period 1860 to 1920 that the entropic creation argument is proof of a divine creation of the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kragh, Helge, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Colección:Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
Temas:
1800-1999
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 science.
Cosmology > History.
Religion and Science
Cosmologie > Aspect religieux > Histoire.
Cosmologie > Histoire.
Cosmologie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Cosmologie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Entropie > Aspect religieux.
Entropie > Philosophie.
Deuxième principe de la thermodynamique.
Créationnisme.
Religion et sciences.
Cosmologie > Philosophie > Histoire.
creationism (religious ideology)
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Cosmology
Cosmology > Philosophy
Creationism
Entropy > Philosophy
Religion and science
Second law of thermodynamics
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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