Name: The Void von Professor Frank Close (University of Oxford)
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The Void Zusammenfassung

The Void Professor Frank Close (University of Oxford)

What remains when you eliminate all matter? Can empty space--a void--exist? Frank Close takes the reader on a lively and accessible tour through ancient ideas and cultural superstitions (including Aristotle, who insisted that the vacuum was impossible) to the frontiers of current scientific research. These newest discoveries tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos and may provide answers to some of our most fundamental questions: "What lies outside the universe? If there was once nothing, then how did the universe begin?"

The Void Bewertungen

"It's a nice read for people with little background knowledge"--New Scientist
"Close is a particle physicst at heart, and he hist his stride as he explains why scientists now don't think a void is really empty at all, but is teeming with particles popping in and out of existence and pervaded by contemporary version of the ether, called the Higgs field."--Publishers Weekly
"The Higgs boson remains the missing ingredient of the remarkably successful standard model of particle physics that describes interactions between the sub-nuclear elementary particles to an impressive precision, and The Void provides an introduction to the underlying concepts. It is nice to think
that the explanations may help the physics community share its extraordinary excitement and anticipation with others."--The Times Higher Education Supplement

"It's a nice read for people with little background knowledge"--New Scientist
"Close is a particle physicst at heart, and he hist his stride as he explains why scientists now don't think a void is really empty at all, but is teeming with particles popping in and out of existence and pervaded by contemporary version of the ether, called the Higgs field."--Publishers Weekly
"The Higgs boson remains the missing ingredient of the remarkably successful standard model of particle physics that describes interactions between the sub-nuclear elementary particles to an impressive precision, and The Void provides an introduction to the underlying concepts. It is nice to think that the explanations may help the physics community share its extraordinary excitement and anticipation with others."--The Times Higher Education Supplement

Über Professor Frank Close (University of Oxford)

Frank Close, OBE, is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. He is also a bestselling author, having written extensively on "the void," and his books include "Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry."

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GOR005888214

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9781402775383

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1402775385

Titel

The Void Professor Frank Close (University of Oxford)

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Professor Frank Close (University of Oxford)

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Sterling Publishing Co Inc

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2010-05-04

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182

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