Nothing: Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
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Nothing: Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
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 science 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 understanding everything:
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.
