Helge S. Kragh

Entropic Creation (eBook, PDF)

Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317142485
• Artikelnr.: 44991475

Autorenporträt

Helge S. Kragh is a Professor in the History of Science Department at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Some Early Ideas on Decay and Creation
Chapter 3 Thermodynamics and the Heat Death
Chapter 4 The Entropic Creation Argument
Chapter 5 Concepts of the Universe
Chapter 6 Post-1920 Developments
Chapter 7 Shadows from the Past