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14. The power of nothing

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The vacuum state of the electromagnetic field is far from trivial. Amongst other things it can exert forces that are measurable in the lab, in a curious phenomenon known as Casimir effect.

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T Padmanabhan works at IUCAA, Pune and is interested in all areas of theoretical physics, especially those which have something to do with gravity.

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Padmanabhan, T. Snippets of physics. Reson 14, 179–190 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-009-0016-6

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