THE HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE

Entropy is a measure of disorder in the universe and according to the law of entropy, the net entropy of any system will always increase with time. According to this law, it is not possible that the universe could have existed without a beginning and that the universe is not endless but is heading towards a collapse. The universe had a beginning in the Big Bang and it has a limited age, after the completion of which it will come to an end. The law of entropy proves that there is a continuous natural flow of heat from warmer to colder bodies, and that this flow cannot be reversed without the addition of a power source. Energy is the ability to do work and entropy is a measure of energy that is unavailable to do work. As entropy in the universe continues to increase, heat will continue to spread until the system has reached maximum equilibrium. The universe is headed for a time when the temperature will be universally uniform and there will be no more useful energy. This will be the heat death of the universe. There will be no more physical and chemical processes and life itself will cease to exist. For the last several thousand years, philosophers, thinkers and scientists have dreamed of bringing into existence a technologically advanced heavenly civilization. But, by the beginning of the 21st century the situation had changed radically, and this dream was shattered. According to the latest developments in the world, there is no further possibility of a realization of this dream. Over thousands of years man had dreamed of building a better life for himself in this world. It is this human desire which resulted in the civilization we now live in. The journey of civilization began with the discovery of the wheel. After a long process, civilization made rapid progress following the industrial revolution and man was able to travel with great speed over land and sea and then out into space. Alvin Toffler published his book Future Shock in 1970. In this book the writer argues that human civilization was undergoing an enormous structural revolution going from an industrial society to a superindustrial society. This would be the final stage of man’s civilizational journey where all of man’s material dreams would be fulfilled. Here, man would find all the material comforts he desired. However, very Under the material interpretation of the universe, the doctrine was developed that held there was no need to believe in the existence of an allpowerful creator like that of God.