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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FINAL THOUGHTS

Not all religions proclaim a finite universe with an initial creator. A universe created from nothing wasn't held even in early Christianity, and today, many faithful don't see a problem. They can believe in a deity who still creates if they choose.

We will eventually get to deeper discussions of God, but because this is primarily a book of science, we will limit ourselves to things we can measure. Right now, using a yardstick in spiritual matters sounds as if we're getting out of line, but we will explain how to measure the "immeasurable" later.

Centuries ago, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic theologian, gave us five "scientific" proofs for the existence of God. To be fair then, we should be able to bring up other ideas which might contradict these proofs. I present a mathematical question for Thomas starting with the first two statements below as premises. These premises were church beliefs in the 1200's.

1) God = infinite.

2) At some point, God created the universe.

3) Therefore, we now have God + the universe.

But wait a minute. There's more than what we started with. Doesn't that mean God wasn't as infinite as we thought? In math (and using common sense), you can't have infinity plus more. It's a puzzle.

The idea of a Big Bang arose to explain why the galaxies fly apart, but the Big Bang can't be kept for the reasons we've brought up.

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Sections

HOW DO WE GET AT PLASMA

CAN WE GO OUTSIDE YET

WHAT WAS THE FIRST CLUE

WHAT'S PLASMA GOOD FOR

WHAT ELSE CAN BE EXPLAINED

WHERE COSMIC RAYS COME FROM

WHY IS OUR GALAXY A PINWHEEL

WHAT'S A RADIO GALAXY

WHAT'S A QUASAR

HOW BIG/OLD IS THE UNIVERSE

CAN THE BIG BANG BE SAVED

WHAT'S BIG BANG'S HISTORY

WHAT NOW

FINAL THOUGHTS

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