Could a "Heat Death" be Necessary for Life? - The Musings of a Panentheist (Paperback)


WE HAVE MET THE "HEAT DEATH" OF THE UNIVERSE IN PROGRESS, AND IT IS... US? "Organic cells form, reproduce, and die within complex organisms that are born, reproduce, and die, within species and civilizations that eventually segue into new species and civilizations or simply carry on until they become extinct. All because stars are born, age, die, and are replaced, some former and current stars facilitating habitable planets and life." The quick version is simple and seems irrefutable. "We are star stuff." Star stuff comes from dead stars. The death of stars contributes to the theoretical heat death of the universe expected to run its course trillions upon trillions of years from now. Wouldn't it be fair then to say that the existence of Earth, life, and you and I are aspects of the heat death in progress? Yet I have never found this pointed out. Although it relates to disorder in certain respects, people often become confused about "entropy," the second law of thermodynamics, as disorder. So, it is being redefined in many introductory textbooks for physics and chemistry as energy dispersal thanks to retired chemistry professor, Frank L. Lambert. "Energetically, the second law of thermodynamics favors the formation of the majority of all known complex and ordered chemical compounds from the simpler elements. Thus, contrary to popular opinion, the second law does not dictate the decrease of ordered structure in its predictions, it only demands a "spreading out" of energy in all processes."--Frank L. Lambert, from the website: :2ndlaw.oxy.edu. This all comes as a confirmation of something I have wrestled with for some time as a non-scientist, although science does run in my family. Doing a lot of reading that sometimes left me scratching my head in regard to the traditional definition of the second law, (Such as work by Stephen Hawking.), I discerned many processes that would be defined as entropy that also happen to be necessary for evolution and life. All of these issues are addressed in the title essay in this short book which was rated 5 stars on Goodreads. There are also several poems pondering aspects of science and/or spirituality, often from a Panentheist perspective, one of which appeared in Philosophy Now Magazine. Celebrated physicist and author, Louis Del Monte. "Excellent question. Yes, life is an aspect of the "heat death" in progress." via Twitter. https: //twitter.com/KaneLatranz ..".Latranz is a burgeoning Albuquerque author with obvious skill at his craft." Local i.Q. newspaper.

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WE HAVE MET THE "HEAT DEATH" OF THE UNIVERSE IN PROGRESS, AND IT IS... US? "Organic cells form, reproduce, and die within complex organisms that are born, reproduce, and die, within species and civilizations that eventually segue into new species and civilizations or simply carry on until they become extinct. All because stars are born, age, die, and are replaced, some former and current stars facilitating habitable planets and life." The quick version is simple and seems irrefutable. "We are star stuff." Star stuff comes from dead stars. The death of stars contributes to the theoretical heat death of the universe expected to run its course trillions upon trillions of years from now. Wouldn't it be fair then to say that the existence of Earth, life, and you and I are aspects of the heat death in progress? Yet I have never found this pointed out. Although it relates to disorder in certain respects, people often become confused about "entropy," the second law of thermodynamics, as disorder. So, it is being redefined in many introductory textbooks for physics and chemistry as energy dispersal thanks to retired chemistry professor, Frank L. Lambert. "Energetically, the second law of thermodynamics favors the formation of the majority of all known complex and ordered chemical compounds from the simpler elements. Thus, contrary to popular opinion, the second law does not dictate the decrease of ordered structure in its predictions, it only demands a "spreading out" of energy in all processes."--Frank L. Lambert, from the website: :2ndlaw.oxy.edu. This all comes as a confirmation of something I have wrestled with for some time as a non-scientist, although science does run in my family. Doing a lot of reading that sometimes left me scratching my head in regard to the traditional definition of the second law, (Such as work by Stephen Hawking.), I discerned many processes that would be defined as entropy that also happen to be necessary for evolution and life. All of these issues are addressed in the title essay in this short book which was rated 5 stars on Goodreads. There are also several poems pondering aspects of science and/or spirituality, often from a Panentheist perspective, one of which appeared in Philosophy Now Magazine. Celebrated physicist and author, Louis Del Monte. "Excellent question. Yes, life is an aspect of the "heat death" in progress." via Twitter. https: //twitter.com/KaneLatranz ..".Latranz is a burgeoning Albuquerque author with obvious skill at his craft." Local i.Q. newspaper.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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United States

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June 2013

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June 2013

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229 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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40

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978-1-4904-4711-7

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9781490447117

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1-4904-4711-3



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