Title Matter and spirit in the universe : scientific and religious preludes to modern cosmology / Helge Kragh.

Publication Info.	London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., [2004]
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Description	1 online resource (298 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	History of modern physical sciences ; v. 3
	History of modern physical sciences ; v. 3.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-289) and index.
Contents	Preface; Contents; Introduction: Cosmo-theology before Einstein 1; A Thermodynamic Universe 2; Expanding Horizons 3; The Primeval-atom Universe 4; Cosmo-physics 5; Cosmology between Theism and Atheism 6; Epilogue: From Standard Model to Quantum Cosmology 7; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Cosmology is an unusual science with an unusual history. This bookexamines the formative years of modern cosmology from the perspectiveof its interaction with religious thought. As the first study of itskind, it reveals how closely associated the development of cosmologyhas been with considerations of a philosophical and religiousnature.
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Subject	Cosmology -- History.
	Cosmology.
	History.
	Cosmology -- Religious aspects -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Kragh, Helge, 1944- Matter and spirit in the universe. London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2004 1860944698 186094485X (DLC) 2005278991 (OCoLC)57706081
ISBN	1860946046 (electronic book)
	9781860946042 (electronic book)
	9781860944697
	1860944698
	9781860944857 (paperback)
	186094485X (paperback)
	1860944698
	186094485X (paperback)