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The philosophy of vacuum

By Simon Saunders , Harvey R. Brown

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1991
ISBN
0198244495, 9780198244493
ASIN
1
LCC
QC166 .P47 1991
Open Library ID
OL1887640M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1840080 bytes)
Pages
299\299
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-10-26 15:40:52

Description

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.

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