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JUMP DIRECTLY TO SLIDE Title Slide ...Something Rather than Nothing? The Vacuum in Antiquity The debate on the nature of space.. Summary of the Vacuum in Classical Mechanics Electromagnetic Waves and the Ether Searching for the Ether The Michelson-Morley Experiment (1887) Despite this inconvenient result... The Special Theory of Relativity (1905) The General Theory of Relativity (1916) Demonstration General Relativity and the Universe 1929: The Universe is Expanding Summary of the Vacuum in Relativity The Quantum Leap Quantum Uncertainty DEMO Quantum Uncertainty Implications for Particles The Quantum Oscillator Quantum Fields Summary of the Quantum Vacuum A Force from Nothing: the Casimir Effect The Energy of Nothing: An Embarrassing Result Universe is Accelerating Type Ia Supernovae: Survey of Many Type 1a Dark Energy Conclusion: Much Ado about Nothing Thanks        synchronize video with current slide