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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 Caps and Bunnies
Appendix C Musical Compositions
Appendix E A Googolplex Universe
Appendix F Acknowledgements
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A scientific theory is a clear and simple statement or set of statements describing and explaining observations. We must be able to test it; otherwise, the statement's only a piece of philosophy. "The sky is blue because I said so" is not a theory. It's not even good philosophy. We have no way to test the sentence unless the speaker can actually turn the sky into some other color and then back to blue. This theory was probably first proposed when some kid asked, "Why?" one too many times. Poor kid.
A theory should explain one or more riddles, the more the better. A good theory can make predictions. A really good theory has some practical use like landing a man on the sun. (Of course we'd have to land him at night when it's not so hot.)
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