SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WORLD

David W. Oxtoby; David W. Oxtoby

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00690.x

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SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WORLD

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Abstract. The suddenness of phase change is examined as an example of a discontinuity in nature, in which an apparently random microscopic event can trigger a macroscopic change of state such as the crystallization of a liquid. Recent advances in nucleation theory that have helped to quantify but not eliminate this randomness are described, and analogies with the modes of God's action in the world are explored.

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metastability, phase transitions, thermodynamics, randomness, God's action in the world

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Oxtoby, D., (1994) “SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WORLD”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 29(4), 547–555. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00690.x

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Volume 29 • Issue 4 • December 1994

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Pages	547–555

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Published	1994-12-01

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