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Void : the strange physics of nothing / James Owen Weatherall.
Author
Weatherall, James Owen
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English
Published/Created
New Haven : Yale University Press : Templeton Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
196 pages ; 22 cm
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QC28 .W36 2016
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Physics
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Philosophy
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Nothing (Philosophy)
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Space
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Series
Foundational questions in science
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Foundational Questions in Science
Summary note
James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five most intriguing books of 2013. In his newest volume, he takes on a fundamental concept of modern physics: nothing. The physics of stuff--protons, neutrons, electrons, and even quarks and gluons--is at least somewhat familiar to most of us. But what about the physics of nothing? Isaac Newton thought of empty space as nothingness extended in all directions, a kind of theater in which physics could unfold. But both quantum theory and relativity tell us that Newton's picture can't be right. Nothing, it turns out, is an awful lot like something, with a structure and properties every bit as complex and mysterious as matter. In his signature lively prose, Weatherall explores the very nature of empty space--and solidifies his reputation as a science writer to watch.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-187) and index.
Contents
Prologue : much ado about nothing
The plenum and the void
Waves of space itself
The nothing nothings
Epilogue : why nothing really matters : quantum gravity and beyond.
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ISBN
9780300209983 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0300209983 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780300230734 ((paperback))
0300230737 ((paperback))
LCCN
2016949271
OCLC
945946572
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