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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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PIECE OF MATTER COMES AND GOES

Picture a toy train-engine and a small, oval track. Wind up the train and let it go on the straight part of the track. The train moves forward, but when it gets to the curved part, it doesn't keep going in a straight line. The two rails force the wheels to follow the curve. A comet coming close to the sun acts like the train. After going almost straight for a thousand years, the comet enters the curved space around the sun, follows the curve, and goes back out in about the same direction from which it came. For the train system, the wheels and track are both physical, and their meshing is logical. But how does a comet interact with curved space? One's physical, and the other is, well, not. So what is the hook between matter and curved space?

According to Kapp, the answer is this: A piece of matter is a form of space too, so tightly curved that we get the effect of a solid particle. If this is a brand new idea for you, you'd better take a deep breath, repeat the mantra, "Anything is possible," and keep reading. The concept will eventually become clearer, and if you live with the idea for a while, it may even fit your common sense. I mean, your common sense may change enough to fit the idea. We'll call the start-up piece of matter a "nit" just to give it a name. In nature, nits are the extremely small eggs of lice which grow into something else, exactly as we know these first kinds of matter will do, so "nit" is a fitting name for this early piece of matter. We'll use a little fable to help describe the start-up process:

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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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