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Nothing: Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
What came before the big bang, and will our universe end?
How might cooling matter down almost to absolute zero help solve our energy crisis?
How can someone suffer from a false diagnosis as though it were true?
Does nothingness even exist? Recent experiments suggest that squeezing a perfect vacuum somehow creates light.
Why is it unfair to accuse sloths--animals who do nothing--of being lazy? And more!
Contributors Paul Davies, Jo Marchant, and Ian Stewart, along with two former editors of Nature and 16 other leading writers and scientists, marshal up-to-the-minute research to make one of the most perplexing realms in science dazzlingly clear. Prepare to be amazed at how much more there is to nothing than you ever realized.
Book Details
- Publisher: Experiment
- Publish Date: Apr 15th, 2014
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 0.80in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781615192052
- Categories: • Essays• Space Science - General• Infinity
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About the Author
Established in 1956, New Scientist is the fastest-growing and bestselling science magazine in the world, reaching over 3 million readers through its print and digital channels. Its series of accessible popular science books, which debuted in 2005, has sold well over 2 million copies worldwide. Jeremy Webb, who has worked at New Scientist for over twenty-three years, is editor-in-chief.
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One of Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2014
"A terrific collection of essays and articles exploring everything from vacuum to the birth and death of the universe to how the concept of zero gained wide acceptance in the 17th century after being shunned as a dangerous innovation for 400 years . . . . Each of the essays in Nothing is nothing short of fascinating.-- "Brain Pickings"
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Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data... Become a subscriber: https://t.co/QTtdVUzLws
The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis produces nothing but banalities, writes William Davies. https://t.co/3NACXpmt6l
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: https://t.co/flAHoHbuRM Signal: 1-540-999-8238 Avi by @mollycrabapple See you on Bluesky
Ten years later, one of that chapter’s authors, Northwestern University political scientist Wesley Skogan, reaffirmed in a new paper: “We [still] know virtually nothing about the short- or long-term effects associated with police training of any type.”