Patterns in the Void
Subtitle: Why Nothing is Important
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780813339382
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; Popular science; Unexplained phenomena; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy; Science; Cosmology; Nothing (Philosophy); Metaphysics; Physics
First sentence: The Fifth Age of the Inca Empire was an age the shamans said would end in a flood that would engulf the universe.
Description: "Patterns in the Void examines the great dark matter and dark regions that pervade the universe, from elementary particles to the immense areas of "vacuum" that make up most of deep space and everything that is - or is not. Like the void itself, the book ranges in temporal and spatial scales - from our human world, down to the molecular and subatomic world, and up into the farthest reaches of the expanding universe.

Building upon the great theories that broke through physics and biophysics in the twentieth century, Patterns in the Void weaves the human element into understanding modern science, telling stories of ancient sacrifices, paranormal experiences, purported alien abductions, and more - all part of the human dilemma to make sense of the vast unknown."--BOOK JACKET.