03096nam 2200829 a 450 991045810920332120200520144314.01-317-14247-01-281-33212-797866113321290-7546-8256-0(CKB)1000000000399626(EBL)438773(OCoLC)646740256(SSID)ssj0000148133(PQKBManifestationID)11179254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148133(PQKBWorkID)10018465(PQKB)11654798(MiAaPQ)EBC438773(MiAaPQ)EBC5293443(Au-PeEL)EBL438773(CaPaEBR)ebr10224478(CaONFJC)MIL919033(Au-PeEL)EBL5293443(CaONFJC)MIL133212(OCoLC)1027192149(EXLCZ)99100000000039962620070917d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntropic creation[electronic resource] religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology /Helge S. KraghAldershot, Hampshire, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20081 online resource (279 p.)Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-6414-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-264) and index.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.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.Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.CosmologyReligious aspectsHistoryCosmologyPhilosophyHistoryCosmologyHistory19th centuryCosmologyHistory20th centuryEntropyReligious aspectsEntropyPhilosophySecond law of thermodynamicsCreationismReligion and scienceElectronic books.CosmologyReligious aspectsHistory.CosmologyPhilosophyHistory.CosmologyHistoryCosmologyHistoryEntropyReligious aspects.EntropyPhilosophy.Second law of thermodynamics.Creationism.Religion and science.261.7/65Kragh Helge1944-53342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458109203321Entropic creation1975342UNINA