Worlds in the Making

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Worlds in the Making is a 1908 popular science book by Svante Arrhenius that explores the origins and evolution of the universe, including an early formulation of the panspermia hypothesis.

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instanceOf book
arguesAgainst inevitability of universal heat death
author Svante Arrhenius NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Sweden
discusses interstellar space
nebulae
radiation pressure
stellar evolution
explores cyclical models of the universe
the possibility of eternal cosmic renewal
field history of science
philosophy of science
genre popular science
hasEnglishTitle Worlds in the Making NERFINISHED
hasForm non-fiction prose
hasInfluenceOn early 20th-century cosmological speculation
later discussions of panspermia
hasOriginalTitle Världarnas utveckling
influencedBy 19th-century thermodynamics
contemporary astronomy
intendedAudience general readership
notableFor early formulation of the panspermia hypothesis
originalLanguage Swedish
proposes that life can be distributed through space by spores or germs
that life may spread between worlds via radiation pressure
publicationYear 1908
relatedTo cosmic life theories
panspermia hypothesis
subject astronomy
cosmic evolution
cosmology
evolution of the universe
heat death of the universe
origin of the universe
panspermia
thermodynamics
timePeriodDescribed cosmic timescales
writtenBy Nobel laureate Svante Arrhenius NERFINISHED

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Svante Arrhenius publication Worlds in the Making