What is the vacuum concept, and why is it so important? This volume brings together philosophically-minded specialists who enlarge on these issues in the context of classical gravity, quantum electrodynamics, and the grand unification programme.

The Philosophy of Vacuum is unashamedly a project in metaphysics.

useful collection ... This collection is a valuable one because it contains, in addition to what is implied by the title, readable discussions of the ideas behind much of the frontier of physics as the twentieth century draws to a close.