07 Jun, 2017

Carolyn Tuttle, president of the book club for which my wife, Cory, is treasurer, had an interesting question for me: "Does present-day physics accept the concept of void in the universe?" The group, Paideia, studies classical literature and Mrs. Tuttle was researching controversies in ancient Greek philosophy. The definition of void, according to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1988) is “empty space.” If you go by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the meaning is more precise: