Nothing : Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion, Paperback by ...

Description: Nothing : Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion, Paperback by New Scientist (COR); Webb, Jeremy (EDT), ISBN 1615192050, ISBN-13 9781615192052, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In this book from New Scientist, editor Webb presents essays for popular audiences about the various manifestations of nothing, zero, vacuum, or nonexistence. Th is divided into six thematic chapters containing several short essays each. In "beginnings," the Big Bang, the default network of the idling brain, the origins of the number zero, and the placebo effect are discussed. In "mysteries," the Big Bang and placebo effects are revisited, as well as ostensibly vestigial organs and loss of consciousness under anesthesia. In "making sense of it all," contributors write about manmade vacuums, digesting metabolism, the "holes" conducted by silicon chips, the void of space, and the mathematics of zero. "Surprises" continues on with the void of space, the nocebo effect, zero gravity, the quantum vacuum, and derivations from the empty set, and "discovery" assesses absolute zero, boredom, unreactive chemicals, and the physiological effects of total rest. The final chapter presents some of the best conclusions about nothing: that doing nothing is bad for a person's health, results in very interesting properties observed in particles, and presents a palette of potential cosmic fates for our universe. Distributed by Workman Publishing Company. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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