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Entropic Creation: Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology
Helge S. Kragh
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Description for Entropic Creation: Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology
Paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Entropic Creation is the first English-language book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, from around 1860 to 1920. According to the second law of thermodynamics, as formulated by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius, the entropy of any closed system will inevitably increase in time, meaning that the system will decay and eventually end in a dead state of equilibrium. Application of the law to the entire universe, first proposed in the 1850s, led to the prediction of a future 'heat death', where all life has ceased and all organization dissolved. In the late ... Read more
Entropic Creation is the first English-language book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, from around 1860 to 1920. According to the second law of thermodynamics, as formulated by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius, the entropy of any closed system will inevitably increase in time, meaning that the system will decay and eventually end in a dead state of equilibrium. Application of the law to the entire universe, first proposed in the 1850s, led to the prediction of a future 'heat death', where all life has ceased and all organization dissolved. In the late ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138261839
SKU
V9781138261839
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About Helge S. Kragh
Helge S. Kragh is a Professor in the History of Science Department at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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