 is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably never effected by means of organized matter, either endowed with vegetable life or subjected to the will of an animated creature. 3. Within a finite period of time past, the earth must have...  Great Ideas in Physics - Стр. 63авторы: Alan P. Lightman - 2000 - Страниц: 300Ограниченный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Gribbin - 1999 - Страниц: 268
...opposite condusion from that drawn by Hutton concerning the history of the Earth. In 1852 he wrote: “Within a finite period of time past the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless... | |
 | Gerald James Holton, Stephen G. Brush - 2001 - Страниц: 604
...energy," he relied primarily on Carnot's principle. But he also drew the conclusion that "within a finite time past the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man. ..." (Kelvin, "Universal tendency")... | |
 | Torsten Hahn - 2002 - Страниц: 340
...at present in the material world a universal tendency to the dissipation of mechanical energy. [...] Within a finite period of time past, the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless... | |
 | Stephen Kern - 2003 - Страниц: 418
...in the universe for useful work is always decreasing as entropy (randomness or disorder) increases. "Within a finite period of time past the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless... | |
 | David E. Nye - 2004 - Страниц: 388
...formulated as follows: "Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and...or subjected to the will of an animated creature." This law, when applied to the earth itself, lead to the stark formulation of Kelvin's third law: "Within... | |
 | Stephen Kern - 2009 - Страниц: 448
...tendency in nature to the dissipation of mechanical energy." In conclusion he made the ominous claim that "within a finite period of time past, the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless... | |
 | David Park - 2005 - Страниц: 364
...range represents its present age. As to the future, he concluded that unless the laws of nature change, "Within a finite period of time past, the Earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come the Earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted." The... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1892 - Страниц: 678
...of Ufe as the moon. The doctrine of the " Dissipation of Energy " forces upon us the conclusion that within a finite period of time past the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless operations... | |
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