The Hole in the Universe
How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything
K. C. Cole
- “A
- compelling,
- enjoyable,
- and
- widely
- accessible
- exploration
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- fundamental
- scientific
- issues
- of
- our
- age”
- (Brian
- Greene,
- author
- of
- The
- Elegant
- Universe).In
- The
- Hole
- in
- the
- Universe,
- an
- award-winning
- science
- writer
- “provides
- an
- illuminating
- slant
- on
- physics
- and
- mathematics
- by
- exploring
- the
- concept
- of
- nothing”
- (Scientific
- American).Welcome
- to
- the
- world
- of
- cutting-edge
- math,
- physics,
- and
- neuroscience,
- where
- the
- search
- for
- the
- ultimate
- vacuum,
- the
- point
- of
- nothingness,
- the
- ground
- zero
- of
- theory,
- has
- rendered
- the
- universe
- deep,
- rich,
- and
- juicy.
- Every
- time
- scientists
- and
- mathematicians
- think
- they
- have
- reached
- the
- ultimate
- void,
- something
- new
- appears:
- a
- black
- hole,
- an
- undulating
- string,
- an
- additional
- dimension
- of
- space
- or
- time,
- repulsive
- anti-gravity,
- universes
- that
- breed
- like
- bunnies.
- Cole’s
- exploration
- at
- the
- edge
- of
- everything
- is
- “as
- playfully
- entertaining
- as
- it
- is
- informative”
- (San
- Jose
- Mercury
- News).“A
- strong
- and
- sometimes
- mind-blowing
- introduction
- to
- the
- edges
- of
- modern
- physics.”
- —Salon.com“Comprising
- an
- expansive
- set
- of
- topics
- from
- the
- history
- of
- numbers
- to
- string
- theory,
- the
- big
- bang,
- even
- Zen,
- the
- book’s
- chapters
- are
- broken
- into
- bite-sized
- portions
- that
- allow
- the
- author
- to
- revel
- in
- the
- puns
- and
- awkwardness
- that
- comes
- with
- trying
- to
- describe
- a
- concept
- that
- no
- one
- has
- fully
- grasped.
- It
- is
- an
- amorphous,
- flowing,
- mind-bending
- discussion,
- written
- in
- rich,
- graceful
- prose.
- As
- clear
- and
- accessible
- as
- Hawking’s
- A
- Brief
- History
- of
- Time,
- this
- work
- deserves
- wide
- circulation,
- not
- just
- among
- science
- buffs.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly,
- starred
- review“Here
- we
- have
- the
- definitive
- book
- about
- nothing,
- and
- who
- would
- think
- that
- nothing
- could
- be
- so
- interesting
- .
- .
- .
- not
- only
- accessible
- but
- compelling
- reading.”
- —St.
- Louis Post-Dispatch
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