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- catalog abstract ""Cole discusses the history of nothing, 'combining the history of zero (a mathematical nothing) with that of the vacuum (a physical nothing) ... Until Einstein showed that light needed no tangible medium through which to travel, theorists filled the vacuum with 'ether' -- the 'enfant terrible' of substances, as Einstein put it. It was subsequently banished." Atl Mon.".
- catalog contributor b11940852.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Cole discusses the history of nothing, 'combining the history of zero (a mathematical nothing) with that of the vacuum (a physical nothing) ... Until Einstein showed that light needed no tangible medium through which to travel, theorists filled the vacuum with 'ether' -- the 'enfant terrible' of substances, as Einstein put it. It was subsequently banished." Atl Mon.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-266) and index.".
- catalog description "Why not? A prelude -- Nothing happened -- Good for nothing -- Nothing takes center stage -- Nothing becomes center stage -- Nothing gets strung out -- Nothing becomes everything -- Nothing in the news -- Nothing on your mind -- In search of nothing.".
- catalog extent "xii, 274 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Hole in the universe.".
- catalog identifier "015100398X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Hole in the universe.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harcourt,".
- catalog relation "Hole in the universe.".
- catalog subject "530/.01 21".
- catalog subject "Nothing (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Physics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QC6 .C62 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Why not? A prelude -- Nothing happened -- Good for nothing -- Nothing takes center stage -- Nothing becomes center stage -- Nothing gets strung out -- Nothing becomes everything -- Nothing in the news -- Nothing on your mind -- In search of nothing.".
- catalog title "The hole in the universe : how scientists peered over the edge of emptiness and found everything / K.C. Cole.".
- catalog type "text".