Cosmogenesis: The growth of order in the universe (Record no. 630965)
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| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Reference |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | RTL |
| Transcribing agency | RTL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Source of code | eng |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | B9:8 N0/SC |
| Assigning agency | RTL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Layzer, David |
| 9 (RLIN) | 321844 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cosmogenesis: The growth of order in the universe |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1990 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 322 p. |
| Other physical details | Includes bibliographical reference and index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first extended account of a controversial theory that connects quantum mechanics with the second law of thermodynamics, and presents novel resolutions of longstanding paradoxes in these theories, such as those of Schroedinger's cat and the arrow of time. Layzer's main concerns in the second half of the book are with the philosophical issues surrounding s |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science cosmology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 818504 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science Philosophy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 15174 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Classification part | B9:8 N0/SC |
| Koha item type | Reference |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Colon Classification (CC) |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Colon Classification (CC) | Ratan Tata Library | Ratan Tata Library | 2022-09-26 | B9:8 N0/SC | RT1148348 | 2022-09-26 | 2022-09-26 | Reference |