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

3. Perhaps electrons will keep piling on a doorknob, like charges will start to attract, and atoms will fly apart.
4. Perhaps water will split up easily into oxygen and hydrogen.
5. Perhaps a person pushing a rock up a hill will get less tired the longer he pushes.

Each "perhaps" represents an assumption, and this was only a short list. You probably can think of more one-way changes needing explanation. Some of the above assumptions are huge. Scientific laws can change from time to time? I don't want to be around when that's happening.

All matter and energy could hardly have existed forever.

PP2 - ALL MATTER AND ENERGY HAS EXISTED FOR ONLY A WHILE

Now we're getting somewhere. This past possibility explains why we still see changes going on; the universe isn't old enough to be done evolving. Therefore, scientific laws can stay the same. Whew, that was a close one. PP2 matches up with the Big Bang story making it the most popular idea right now. However, we have a few things to think about.

1. Science doesn't like singular events, and apparently neither does Kapp since he called the Big Bang the once-upon-a-time theory. If someone claims to have cloned a sheep, we don't accept the claim until he successfully repeats the experiment. If someone says she's lifted a three hundred pound barbell, we'd like to see her do it. We don't let her get away with saying, "I only wanted to do it once." We even think life can start up somewhere else besides on Earth. How can this theory get away with saying something happened only once?

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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