Length1h 56m
About this audiobook
Force from the vacuum. This guide explains how quantum fluctuations push two plates together in empty space, why nothingness has energy, the experiments that measured the effect, and what it means for nanotechnology and the cosmological constant. No equations, for curious readers.
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GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: The Discovery: A Question About Glue
3Chapter 2: The Man: Casimir of Philips
4Chapter 3: The Vacuum That Is Not Empty
5Chapter 4: The Two Plates: The Effect Stated
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6Chapter 5: The Size of the Force: A Feeling for the Numbers
7Chapter 6: The Calculation's Shape, Without Equations
8Chapter 7: The Ancestors: London, Casimir-Polder, and Lifshitz
9Chapter 8: The Fifty-Year Wait: Lamoreaux and the First Measurement
10Chapter 9: The Modern Precision Era
11Chapter 10: The Honest Controversy: What Does the Effect Prove?
12Chapter 11: The Dynamic Casimir Effect: Photons from Nothing
13Chapter 12: The Repulsive Side: Levitation Claims and Fluid Tricks
14Chapter 13: The Nanomachine Floor: MEMS and Stiction
15Chapter 14: The Cosmological Claims, Sorted
16Chapter 15: Fun Facts and Trivia About the Casimir Effect
17Chapter 16: Conclusion: The Significance of the Casimir Effect
18Conclusion
19References: The Casimir Effect
20Glossary
21About the Author
22Series Info
23Copyright
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