The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything

by K. C. Cole

Paperback, 2001

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Available

Call number

QC6 .C62

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Publication

Harcourt, Inc. (2001), Edition: First, 274 pages

Description

Welcome to the world of cutting-edge math, physics, and neuroscience, where the search for the ultimate vacuum, the point of nothingness, ground zero of theory, has rendered the universe deep, rich, and juicy. "Modern physics has animated the void," says K. C. Cole in her entrancing journey into the heart of Nothing. Every time scientists and mathematicians think they have reached the ultimate void, new stuff 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 animated and exciting as the void itself. Take Cole's hand on this adventure into the unknown, and you'll come back informed, amused, and excited.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member fpagan

Ramifications of the concept of nothingness for cutting-edge physical science. An easily readable treat.

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LibraryThing member SeriousGrace

The Hole in the Universe is what Nancy Pearl calls a book about nothing and author K.C. Cole supports that with her subtitle, "How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything." Cole combines physics, science fiction, literature, mathematics, and humor to make her case. Who

knew a book about nothing could be so entertaining? Cole has the ability to take scientific fact and not-so-exact speculation and make nothing about something.

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LibraryThing member Vinculus

I found the short sections and attempts at wit fairly distracting. This was mainly a problem in areas with familiar topics, where I just wanted to move along at a good clip but found the writing too choppy. In sections where I wasn't as familiar with the details and was reading a bit more slowly it

didn't bother me as much, but her style just wasn't satisfying for me.

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