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Nothing Frank Close

By: Contributor(s): Series: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009Edition: [New ed.]Description: 157 p ill., maps 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199225866 (Paper)
  • 0199225869 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.1
Contents:
1. Much Ado About Nothing; 2. How Empty is an Atom?; 3. Space; 4. Waves in What?; 5. Travelling on a Light Beam; 6. The Cost of Free Space; 7. The Infinite Sea; 8. The Higgs Vacuum; 9. The New Void; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This text explores the science & history of the elusive void - from Aristotle's theories to black holes & quantum particles, & why our very latest discoveries about the vacuum can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos
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Originally published in hardback as: The void, 2007

1. Much Ado About Nothing; 2. How Empty is an Atom?; 3. Space; 4. Waves in What?; 5. Travelling on a Light Beam; 6. The Cost of Free Space; 7. The Infinite Sea; 8. The Higgs Vacuum; 9. The New Void; Notes; Bibliography; Index

What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This text explores the science & history of the elusive void - from Aristotle's theories to black holes & quantum particles, & why our very latest discoveries about the vacuum can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos

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