Q&A: James Owen Weatherall on the importance of nothing
Q&A: James Owen Weatherall on the importance of nothing
- September 15, 2017
- Jim Weatherall, LPS, via Physics Today, Sept. 15, 2017
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There is a long tradition of physicists and philosophers arguing about nothing. And as physicist and philosopher James Owen Weatherall of the University of California, Irvine, shows in his new book, Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing, it’s been a productive conversation. … Physics Today recently interviewed Weatherall about physics, philosophy, and the quirkiest ideas about nothingness.
For the full story, please visit http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20170915a/full/.
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