num_pages: 224
description: The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why nothing may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physicsJames Owen Weatheralls previous book The Physics of Wall Street was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today s five most intriguing books of 2013. In his newest volume he takes on a fundamental concept of modern nothing. The physics of stuff protons neutrons electrons and even quarks and gluonsis at least somewhat familiar to most of us. But what about the physics of nothing ? Isaac Newton thought of empty space as nothingness extended in all directions a kind of theater in which physics could unfold. But both quantum theory and relativity tell us that Newtons picture cant be right. Nothing it turns out is an awful lot like something  with a structure and properties every bit as complex and mysterious as matter. In his signature lively prose Weatherall explores the very nature of empty spaceand solidifies his reputation as a science writer to watch.
language: English
title: Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing
publisher: Yale University Press