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The void / Frank Close.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Close, F. E., author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Physics--Philosophy.
Physics.
Nothing (Philosophy).
Physics--Philosophy--History.
Cosmology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
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:
Much ado about nothing
How empty is an atom?
Space
Waves in what?
Travelling on a light beam
The cost of free space
The infinite sea
The Higgs vacuum
The new void.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
1-383-03598-9
0-19-160771-1
1-281-14989-6
9786611149895
0-19-152754-8
OCLC:
476246221

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