Nothing : a very short introduction / Frank Close.
"What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take the matter--the Earth, the Moon, and the stars--away? Can empty space--a void--exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the nature of nothing: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
205. |
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | "What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take the matter--the Earth, the Moon, and the stars--away? Can empty space--a void--exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the nature of nothing: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos."--Inside front cover. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in hardback as The Void 2007. First published as a Very Short Introduction 2009"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191570214 0191777005 1282465783 9780191570216 9780191777004 9781282465787 |