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

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  1. Does our consciousness prove we didn't come from lower animals? Look at your animal friends. Obviously they know fear, shame, excitement, and happiness. They seem to know when they might be scolded if they knock something over. They can make decisions, as my inchworm friend did. Consciousness simply develops from another evolving, mutating gene. I went to a zoo not long ago and saw a large gorilla sitting in a cage. I felt very sad for him as he looked me straight in the eye with some kind of deep connection. He refused to look away. I couldn't go back.

Humans seem to have arrived like magic, but many trials and errors went into getting here.


FINAL THOUGHTS

The secret of life is in numbers. With enough time and chemical changes, the possibilities are endless.


EARTH POSSIBILITIES

Think of the millions of species finding some way to live on this planet; they really stretch the possibilities. What if the continents hadn't risen out of the water? Would water dwellers eventually become intelligent? What if that rock from space didn't hit us? Would lizards have become smart? Were the disasters on this planet good luck or bad? It doesn't matter; nature simply tries something else.

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Sections

WHAT IS A SPECIES

IS THERE EVOLUTION EVIDENCE

EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION

WHY DOES ANYTHING EVOLVE

WHAT IS PURE CHANCE

WHAT TWO STEPS IN EVOLUTION

WHERE DID LIFE COME FROM

EVOLUTION TOWARDS LIFE

EVOLUTION OF LIFE

EVOLUTION OF PLANT LIFE

EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE

EVOLUTION OF US

FINAL THOUGHTS

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