Scientific Ideas, Ancient and Modern: The Vacuum

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Can there be a real vacuum? What is a vacuum and how does it relate to matter? The arguments which started in antiquity are still being debated, but take on a new appearance in the light of modern physics.

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This event was on Wed, 09 May 2001

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Professor Richard Sorabji FBA

Professor of Rhetoric

Professor Richard Sorabji was Professor of Philosophy at King's College London between 1970 and 2000. Before that he was an Associate Professor at Cornell University...

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