LEADER 00000cam a2200817Ma 4500 001 ocn646740256 003 OCoLC 005 20160711055600.8 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 070917s2008 enk ob 001 0 eng d 019 254162831|a318534920 020 9780754682561|q(electronic book) 020 0754682560|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780754664147|q(alkaline paper) 020 |z0754664147|q(alkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)646740256|z(OCoLC)254162831|z(OCoLC)318534920 040 E7B|beng|epn|cE7B|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dYDXCP|dCDX|dEBLCP|dIDEBK |dOCLCQ|dMHW|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dDEBSZ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 049 RIDW 050 4 QB981|b.K732 2008eb 072 7 REL|x070000|2bisacsh 072 7 REL|x012110|2bisacsh 082 04 261.7/65|222 090 QB981|b.K732 2008eb 100 1 Kragh, Helge,|d1944-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names /n80141233 245 10 Entropic creation :|breligious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology /|cHelge S. Kragh. 264 1 Aldershot, Hampshire, England ;|aBurlington, VT :|bAshgate, |c[2008] 264 4 |c©2008 300 1 online resource (272 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-264) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 19th century|2fast 648 7 20th century|2fast 650 0 Cosmology|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85033169|xReligious aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006568|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 0 Cosmology|xPhilosophy|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2009122067|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 0 Cosmology|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008101109|y19th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 650 0 Cosmology|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008101109|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 650 0 Entropy|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85044150|xReligious aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006568 650 0 Entropy|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85044150|xPhilosophy.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005065 650 0 Second law of thermodynamics.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2003010100 650 0 Creationism.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85033830 650 0 Religion and science.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85112579 650 7 Cosmology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/880600 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Cosmology|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /880610 650 7 Entropy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/912823 650 7 Entropy|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 912827 650 7 Second law of thermodynamics.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1110592 650 7 Creationism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/882407 650 7 Religion and science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1093848 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aKragh, Helge, 1944-|tEntropic creation. |dAldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008|w(DLC) 2007038440 830 0 Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002015833 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=269373|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20161017 |cMH |tebscoebooksacademic updated may-july27 |lridw 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID