The Void.
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 discove...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
2007.
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Colección: | Brief insight The void
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. - ;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 who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the t. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191527548 0191527548 1281149896 9781281149893 0191607711 9780191607714 9786611149895 6611149899 |