1. Scientific Theories and Laws
2. The First Decade (1936-1946)
4. The Second Decade (1946-1956)
6. The Third Decade (1956-1966)
8. The Fourth Decade (1966-1976)
10. The Fifth Decade (1976-1986)
12. The Sixth Decade (1986-1996)
14. The Seventh Decade (1996-2006)
15. The Theory of More than Everything
16. The Eighth Decade (2006-2016)
18. The Ninth Decade (2016-2026)
Appendix A Paintings
Appendix B TTOMTE and a Steady State Universe
Appendix C Musical Compositions
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Appendix A: 05 And There Was Evening and Morning
Up to the time when Velikovsky wrote his book, scientists believed changes on the Earth were very slow. They measured its orbit, its geology, and the eras of life in billions of years, but Velikovsky believed a catastrophe can cause a sudden change. They thought his ideas were scientifically heretical. However, I believe his influence was partly responsible for scientists looking for the death of dinosaurs from outer space. Astronomers notice how often some big rock has almost hit us, and they now accept rapid change.
Picture the Earth when it started out as an offspring of Jupiter about five billion years ago. According to FP3, Jupiter's been shrinking all that time. If Kapp's estimate for the half-life of matter is correct, the Earth evolved in the following way:
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