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dc.creator | Sánchez-Cañizares, J. (Javier) | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-17T08:49:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-17T08:49:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sánchez-Cañizares, J. (Javier). "The impact of religion on Kelvin's physical insights. Thermodynamics and the age of the earth". Forum. 4, 2018, 103 - 122 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 2498-9746 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/56824 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Thermodynamics developed as a new branch of physics in the 19th century helping to go beyond a purely mechanistic understanding of nature. Among its founding fathers, it is William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) who offers a most promising perspective in order to highlight the influence of religious views in the improvement of science. In this article, I will focus on the controversy about the age of the Earth which confronted Kelvin with many geologists and defenders of the theory of evolution and I will explain the connections between Kelvin s credo and his scientific attack on uniformitarianism. Kelvin s contribution, even if ultimately proven wrong, was right in spirit and served the transition from qualitative to quantitative geology. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
dc.subject | Área Filología y Filosofía | - |
dc.subject | Influence of religion on science | - |
dc.subject | Kelvin's religious and physical insights | - |
dc.subject | Thermodynamics and the age of the earth | - |
dc.subject | Scientific controversies in 19th century | - |
dc.title | The impact of religion on Kelvin's physical insights. Thermodynamics and the age of the earth | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | - |
dc.description.note | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons: Atribution Noncomercial No Derivatives License (cc BY NC ND) | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17421/2498-9746-04-07 | - |
dadun.citation.endingPage | 122 | - |
dadun.citation.publicationName | forum | - |
dadun.citation.startingPage | 103 | - |
dadun.citation.volume | 4 | - |
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