Table of Contents

Preface

1. Scientific Theories and Laws

2. The First Decade (1936-1946)

3. Relativity

4. The Second Decade (1946-1956)

5. Quantum Mechanics

6. The Third Decade (1956-1966)

7. The Big Bang

8. The Fourth Decade (1966-1976)

9. The Non-Bang

10. The Fifth Decade (1976-1986)

11. The Never-Bang

12. The Sixth Decade (1986-1996)

13. Evolution

14. The Seventh Decade (1996-2006)

15. The Theory of More than Everything

16. The Eighth Decade (2006-2016)

17. Now What?

18. The Ninth Decade (2016-2026)

Appendix A Paintings

Appendix B TTOMTE and a Steady State Universe

Appendix C Musical Compositions

Bibliography

PP1 - ALL MATTER AND ENERGY HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER

Why is the universe in a state of change? We see many changes that can happen in only one direction and, in fact, have become part of scientific laws. Here's a short list:

1. Things fall down, not up; objects move from a higher position (potential) to a lower position.
2. Heat travels from something hotter to something cooler, not the other way around.
3. Electrical charges become more neutral; electrons try to average things out by moving from a negative item to a more positive item making both pieces of matter less charged compared to each other.
4. Chemical reactions cause a more unstable compound to change into something more stable.
5. Any process tends to reduce its cause; the temperature difference that causes heat to flow disappears once two touching objects reach the same temperature.

If all matter and energy has been here forever, there should be no changes left; the universe should have become stable. However, most of the universe is still unbalanced: The gas in our galaxy has a long way to fall towards the nearest heavy object. Extreme temperatures exist with heat sizzling every which way. Sparks fly. Many compounds automatically change into more quiet ones.

When a theory can't explain what we see, we have two choices: either find a better theory or add assumptions to the existing one to save it. Let's try to save PP1.

1. Perhaps the scientific laws of the universe will change now and then; gravity reverses, and objects start to fall up.
2. Perhaps heat will start to flow from an ice cube warming up a glass of water.

Sections

WHAT RULE ABOUT THEORIES

EXISTENCE OF THE UNIVERSE

HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER

HAS EXISTED FOR ONLY A WHILE

ANY PIECE CAN APPEAR ANY TIME

WILL LAST FOREVER

WILL DISAPPEAR AT SOME POINT

ANY PIECE CAN DISAPPEAR

WHAT HAPPENS THEN

CAN WE EXPLAIN GRAVITY

CAN WE EXPLAIN GALAXIES/STARS

HOW TO FORM PLANETS

DISAPPEARING EXPLAINS MUCH

FINAL THOUGHTS

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