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100 1 $aNumbers, Ronald L.
245 10 $aCreation by natural law :$bLaplace's nebular hypothesis in American thought /$cby Ronald L. Numbers.
260 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$c℗♭1977.
300 $axi, 184 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
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500 $aBased on the author's thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.
505 00 $tA natural cosmogony.$tThe nubular hypothesis comes to America. --$tThe nebular hypothesis under attack. --$tDaniel Kirkwood's analogy. --$tAcceptance. --$tConfirmation and rejection. --$tDesign and providence. --$tThe mosaic story of creation. --$tThe nebular hypothesis in the Darwinian debate. --$tAppendix 1: Denominational attitudes toward the nebular and Darwinian attitudes. --$tAppendix 2: Laplace's nebular hypothesis.
520 $aBelief in the divine origin of the universe began to wane most markedly in the nineteenth century, when scientific accounts of creation by natural law arose to challenge traditional religious doctrines. Most of the credit - or blame - for the victory of naturalism has generally gone to Charles Darwin and the biologists who formulated theories of organic evolution. Darwinism undoubtedly played the major role, but the supporting parts played by naturalistic cosmogonies should also be acknowledged. Chief among these was the nebular hypothesis proposed by Pierre Simon Laplace in 1796, which explained the origin of the solar system as a natural development over extended periods of time. Ronald Numbers focuses on Laplace's theory as it affected American scientific thought. he first traces the history of Laplace's cosmogony chronologically, from its European inception to its demise about 1900. the last three chapters explore some of the theological and scientific consequences resulting from the acceptance of this cosmogony. Most significant was the change in the status of supernatural doctrine. When the nebular hypothesis lost credence at the end of the nineteenth century, those who had before tried to accommodate natural theory with supernatural doctrine no longer felt compelled to do so when faced with succeeding theories. The nebular hypothesis, it seems, had established natural law in the heavens.
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