书名：Nothing: A Very Short Introduction牛津通识读本:无哲学理论
作者：Frank Close
出版社名称：OUP Oxford
出版时间：2009

语种：英语
ISBN：9780199225866
商品尺寸：17.3 x 1.3 x 11.2 cm

包装：平装
页数：176（以实物为准）

Review from previous edition All in all, this book makes for some fascinating reading. ― Chemistry World, Dennis Rouvray.

An accessible and entertaining read for layperson and scientist alike. ― Physics World

The Void is well worth reading. ― Robert Cailliau. CERN Courier.

It covers very complicated concepts in a mostly accessible way. ― Lawrence Rudnick, Nature

A fascinating subject covered by a fascinating book. ― Marcus Chown, Focus

Frank Close tells the story of how scientists have explored the elusive void, and the rich discoveries that they have made there. He takes the reader on a lively and accessible history through ancient ideas and cultural superstitions to the frontiers of current research. He describes how scientists discovered that the vacuum is filled with fields; how Newton, Mach, and Einstein grappled with the nature of space and time; and how the mysterious 'aether' that was long ago supposed to permeate the void may now be making a comeback with the latest research into the 'Higgs field'.

Frank Close, OBE, is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. He was formerly vice president of the British Association for Advancement of Science, Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (2004), The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.