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Synopsis
In this dizzyingly erudite and elegant book, English cosmologist Barrow explores the history and myriad implications of nothingness. Ranging through mathematics and philosophy, literature, theology, quantum theory and cosmology, "The Book of Nothing" explores the hold this concept has on the human imagination.
About the Author
John D. Barrow is research professor of mathematical sciences in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University. His previous books include
Theories of Everything, The Artful Universe,
Impossibility,
Between Inner and Outer Space,
The Universe That Discovered Itself, and
The Origin of the Universe. He lives in England.
From the Hardcover edition.