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Zusatztext A fascinating subject covered by a fascinating book. Informationen zum Autor Frank Close, OBE, is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. He was formerly vice president of the British Association for Advancement of Science, Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (2004), The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science. Klappentext What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Zusammenfassung What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Much Ado About Nothing 2: How Empty is an Atom? 3: Space 4: Waves in What? 5: Travelling on a Light Beam 6: The Cost of Free Space 7: The Infinite Sea 8: The Higgs Vacuum 9: The New Void Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Frank Close, Frank (Professor of Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Exeter College Close, Close Frank
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780199225866
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922586-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 174 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions; A Very Short Introductions; Very Short Introduction
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, popular science, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Social History, History of Science, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology