Nothing: A Very Short Introduction

Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close

Frank Close is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford who has been awarded the Institute of Physics' 1996 Kelvin Medal and Prize for "for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics". Nothing is just one of many books he has written that explains complex topics in particle physics to the average layperson. So he is highly qualified to write an introduction to Nothing.
Nothing doesn't seem much to write about, so one might not expect a short introduction to Nothing to be 145 pages and requiring a decent knowledge of modern particle physics. Fortunately Dr. Close has been able to do this without one formula or mathematical expression.
He takes the reader on a history of the concept of Nothingness, starting with the idea of a Vacuum and then starts looking deeper and deeper into particle physics, finally ending up with the statement that Everything comes from Nothing.
I still don't understand what Nothing is but I have a deeper appreciation and realize that there is Much Ado About Nothing, as Shakespeare once said.