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Nothing

Frank Close

2009157 pagesabout 2–4 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Oxford University Press · 157 pages · ENGISBN 9780199225866

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.

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