The Void by Frank Close
What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This little book explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why our very latest discoveries about the vacuum can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.
It covers very complicated concepts in a mostly accessible wayLawrence Rudnick, Nature A fascinating subject covered by a fascinating book. Marcus Chown, Focus
Frank Close is the author of 15 popular physics books, including Half-Life, a biography of Bruno Pontecorvo, Antimatter, The Infinity Problem, and Very Short Introductions to Nothing and Particle Physics, which won an award. He is a former Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN and a professor of physics at Oxford University. He received the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for science communication in 2014, and he is the only scientist to have won the Association of British Science Writers' Prize three times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199225903 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199225907 |
| Title | The Void |
| Author | Frank Close |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2008-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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