The quantum vacuum: a scientific and philosophical concept, from electrodynamics to string theory and the geometry of the microscopic world

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2011)
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Acclaimed mathematical physicist and natural philosopher Luciano Boi expounds the quantum vacuum, exploring the meaning of nothingness and its relationship with ...

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QC174.52.V33.B65 2011

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