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==Scientific views==
==Scientific views==
In 1910, American historian [[Henry Brooks Adams|Henry Adams]] printed and distributed to university libraries and history professors the small volume ''A Letter to American Teachers of History'' proposing a "theory of history" based on the [[second law of thermodynamics]] and the principle of [[entropy]].<ref>Adams, Henry. (1986). History of the United States of America During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson (pg. 1299). Library of America.</ref><ref>Adams, Henry. (1910). A Letter to American Teachers of History.
In 1910, American historian [[Henry Brooks Adams|Henry Adams]] printed and distributed to university libraries and history professors the small volume ''A Letter to American Teachers of History'' proposing a "theory of history" based on the [[second law of thermodynamics]] and the principle of [[entropy]]. Adams, Henry. (1986). History of the United States of America During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson (pg. 1299). Library of America.</ref><ref>Adams, Henry. (1910). A Letter to American Teachers of History.
[http://books.google.com/books?id=gaLdOOzuiKAC&pg=PA1&dq=A+Letter+to+American+Teachers+of+History#PPA10,M1 Google Books], [http://ia311517.us.archive.org/0/items/alettertoamerica00adamuoft/alettertoamerica00adamuoft.pdf Scanned PDF]. Washington. This, essentially, is the use of the [[arrow of time]] in history.
[http://books.google.com/books?id=gaLdOOzuiKAC&pg=PA1&dq=A+Letter+to+American+Teachers+of+History#PPA10,M1 Google Books], [http://ia311517.us.archive.org/0/items/alettertoamerica00adamuoft/alettertoamerica00adamuoft.pdf Scanned PDF]. Washington. This, essentially, is the use of the [[arrow of time]] in history.