The Philosophy of Vacuum

by Simon Saunders, Harvey R. Brown

Overview

The vacuum is fast emerging as the central structure of modern physics. This collection brings together philosophically-minded specialists who engage these issues in the context of classical gravity, quantum electrodynamics, and the grand unification program. The vacuum emerges as the synthesis of concepts of space, time, and matter; in the context of relativity and the quantum this new synthesis represents a structure of the most intricate and novel complexity. This book is a work in modern metaphysics, in which the concepts of substance and space interweave in the most intangible of forms, the background and context of our physical experience: vacuum, void, or nothingness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198244493
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/15/1991
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Harvard University

Wolfson College, Oxford

Editorial Reviews

"Physicists will find it extremely interesting, covering, as it does, technical subjects in an accessible way....For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject."—John D. Barrow, Times Literary Supplement

"Well done. . ." —American Journal of Physics

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