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Nothing : a very short introduction
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- ISBN: 9780199225866 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0199225869 (pbk.)
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157 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm. - Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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| 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. |
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| Subject: | Physics Philosophy Nothing (Philosophy) Physics Philosophy History Cosmology Vacuum |
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| 490 | 1 | . | ‡aVery short introductions |
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| 520 | 8 | . | ‡aWhat 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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