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Nothing: From Absolute Zero to Cosmic Oblivion, Amazing Insights into Nothingness
Zero, zip, nada, zilch. It's all too easy to ignore the fascinating possibilities of emptiness and non-existence, and we may well wonder what there is to say about nothing. But scientists have known for centuries that nothing is the key to understanding absolutely everything, from why particles...
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London
Profile Books
2013
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書本目錄:
- 1. Beginnings
- The big bang / Marcus Chown
- Secret life of the brain / Douglas Fox
- From zero to hero / Richard Webb
- Heal thyself / Jo Marchant
- 2. Mysteries
- The day time began / Paul Davies
- Placebo power / Michael Brooks
- Wastes of space? / Laura Spinney
- Banishing consciousness / Linda Geddes
- 3. Making sense of it all
- Out of thin air / Per Eklund
- Busy doing nothing / Jonathan Knight
- The hole story / Richard Webb
- Into the void / Nigel Henbest
- Zero, zip, zilch / Ian Stewart
- 4. Surprises
- The turbulent life of empty space / Paul Davies
- When mind attacks body / Helen Pilcher
- Ride the celestial subway / Ian Stewart
- Vacuum packed / David Harris
- Nothing in common / Ian Stewart
- 5. Voyages of discovery
- Absolute zero / Michael de Podesta
- Boring-ology: a happy tedium / Valerie Jamieson
- Putting the idle to work / David E. Fisher
- Get up, get out of bed / Rick A. Lovett
- 6. Conclusions
- The workout pill / Andy Coghlan
- The world of superstuff / Michael Brooks
- Pathways to cosmic oblivion / Stephen Battersby.