"What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space--a void--exist? Frank Close explores the science and the history of the elusive void : from Aristotle, who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordin…
"What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space--a void--exist? Frank Close explores the science and the history of the elusive void : from Aristotle, who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordin…
What is nothingness? Where can it be found? The writers of New Scientist magazine investigate - from the big bang, dark energy, and the void to superconductors, vestigial organs, hypnosis, and the placebo effect - and discover that understanding nothing may be the key to underst…
Incredible discoveries from the fringes of the universe to the inner workings of our minds--all from nothing! It turns out that almost nothing is as curious--or as enlightening--as, well, nothing. What is nothingness? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling…
Incredible discoveries from the fringes of the universe to the inner workings of our minds--all from nothing! It turns out that almost nothing is as curious--or as enlightening--as, well, nothing. What is nothingness? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling…
Explores "why we find spontaneity so elusive and shows how early Chinese philosophy points the way to happier, more authentic lives"--Dust jacket flap
Explores "why we find spontaneity so elusive and shows how early Chinese philosophy points the way to happier, more authentic lives"--Dust jacket flap.
A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity'an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand'and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting' Or be charmi…
Explores "why we find spontaneity so elusive and shows how early Chinese philosophy points the way to happier, more authentic lives"--Dust jacket flap.
James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five most intriguing books of 2013. In his newest volume, he takes on a fundamental concept of modern physics: nothing. The physics of stuff--prot…
