Nothing : a very short introduction / Frank Close.

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Close, F. E

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 205.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (157 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191570216
0191570214
9780191574641
0191574643
9786612465789
6612465786
1282465783
9781282465787

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nothing.DDC classification:

530.01 22

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Q125 .V585 2009eb

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Contents:

Much ado about nothing -- How empty is an atom? -- Space -- Waves in what? --Traveling on a light beam --The cost of free space -- The infinite sea -- The Higgs vacuum -- The new Void.

Summary: In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised in the light of these developments. He concludes by looking ahead to new ideas about the mystery of antimatter, the number of dimensions that there might be in the universe, and to what the next 50 years of research might reveal.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.

In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised in the light of these developments. He concludes by looking ahead to new ideas about the mystery of antimatter, the number of dimensions that there might be in the universe, and to what the next 50 years of research might reveal.

Much ado about nothing -- How empty is an atom? -- Space -- Waves in what? --Traveling on a light beam --The cost of free space -- The infinite sea -- The Higgs vacuum -- The new Void.

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