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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In 1919, scientists tested this curvature by waiting for a total eclipse of the sun. They saw the stars at the edge of the sun in a different position from where they normally were seen by the amount predicted by Einstein. This result convinced almost everyone of the truth of General Relativity because the space around the sun was curved. Later, when scientists realized how hard it was to be accurate in this experiment, this evidence was a bit weak.

Einstein predicted another thing from the formulas: Time will slow down because of gravity, and he was right; score another one for Einstein. It's hard to believe, but time runs slower at the bottom of a tall tower than it does at the top. In order to have our satellite clocks match with Earth time, they have to run slower up there than our clocks do down here; you will age slower on Earth than on a satellite. It's by a teeny amount, so it's not worth taking a ground-level apartment.

Another test has found the frequency of light from the sun to drop a bit because of the sun's space-time distortion; time runs slower on the sun.

Absolute light and heavy objects alter space and time in our universe affecting how we see things. Formulas in four dimensions describe the effect.

FINAL THOUGHTS

You may have some of the same problems I have with Relativity. Let's share some ideas in order to delay the next session with our therapists. We won't, of course, question any of the mathematical parts of Relativity, but there's nothing to stop you and I from looking at some of the interpretations again. Up to now, I've given you the accepted description of Relativity. It's time to get creative.

INERTIA AND GRAVITY --- Are they the very same thing as Einstein says? The force of gravity surrounds a heavy object "pulling" things in, and inertia doesn't want to get pulled.

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Sections

WHAT IS COMMON SENSE

WHAT'S A WAVE

IS LIGHT A WAVE

HOW FAST DOES LIGHT GO

WHAT IS MOTION

CAN WE TEST REAL MOTION

WILL METHODS WORK IN SPACE

CAN WE DISCOVER REAL MOTION

LIGHT SPEED AFFECTS TIME

SOME SPECIAL THEORY ODDITIES

EVERYDAY RELATIVITY EVIDENCE

ARE WE DONE TALKING MOTION

ACCELERATED MOTION

WHAT IS SPACE

FINAL THOUGHTS

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