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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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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