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Nothing : a very short introduction / Frank Close.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Close, F. E.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 205.
- Very short introductions ; 205
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Nothing (Philosophy).
- Physics--Philosophy--History.
- Physics.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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:
- Originally published: as The void. 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-157464-3
- 0-19-157021-4
- 9786612465789
- 1-282-46578-3
- OCLC:
- 647856353
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