Nothing : a very short introduction

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199225866 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0199225869 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
157 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First pub. in hardback as The Void 2007. First pub. as a Very Short Introduction 2009"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.