Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"Physicists will find it extremely interesting, covering, as it does, technical subjects in an accessible way....For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject."--John D. Barrow, Times Literary Supplement
"Well done. . ." --American Journal of Physics
Synopsis
The Philosophy of Vacuum is unashamedly a project in metaphysics.