| 单词 | clockwork universe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclockwork universe clockwork universe n. (in cosmology) a universe in which actions are conceived as occurring mechanistically and predictably according to physical laws devised by a creator. ΚΠ a1895 J. P. Coyle Spirit in Lit. & Life (1896) 134 Jesus..cannot be satisfied with a merely impersonal, clockwork universe, ruled by dead law. 1950 William & Mary Q. 7 279 The final contrast between the hierarchical Aristotelian universe permeated with ‘spirits’ and the clockwork universe of Newton is strikingly presented. 2015 P. Davies in M. Brooks Chance iv. 148 Two major developments of the 20th century have..put paid to the idea of a clockwork universe. First there was quantum mechanics... Then along came chaos theory. < as lemmas |
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