Publisher's Synopsis
The call of adventure.
It is observed that galaxies are receding at a velocity proportional to their distance from us. Are these velocities of recession the result of an initial big explosion? Could it be that the fabric of space and time are expanding? Accordingly, the universe has no outer limits. Such a universe extends to infinity in all four dimensions. And the Hubble constant is constant throughout space and time. Thus the Hubble constant is a fundamental constant. And what is the fabric of space-time?
Where does the stuff come from to form galaxies as the fabric of space expands? The work of Dr Feynman and Gell-Mann in subatomic physics suggests the answer . Come and see what their work suggests. It will blow your mind. Early on massive stars form that become the galaxy center. They live fast and hot.
Come look over the shoulder of Dr. Edwin Hubble as he peers into outer space through the world's biggest telescope at Mount Wilson. He analyzes the light from distant galaxies and discovers a shift to the red that is proportional to distance! This is the discovery that makes this book possible and all other books about the universe. Feel the excitement with him. Come explore the mystery of nothing. Is there any such thing as nothing? Come find out about the mule driver who became a janitor at the Mount Wilson Observatory and then an astronomer who had a major hand in Dr Hubble's discoveries, but never finished high school. Come and see Pi in the sky for the fun of it.
I propose a universe that is not limited by the velocity of light. This line of thought takes us to some interesting stuff. In such a universe the fabric of space-time is expanding as expressed by the Hubble constant. The galaxies are carried in this expansion such that they feel no acceleration. Where does the stuff come from to make galaxies? Dr. Feynman showed that an electron can reverse motion in time. When it does this it changes sign (becomes anti-matter). Accordingly, I propose that normal primordial material flows from past to future and enters the present as normal matter. Primordial anti-matter flows from future to past. To enter the present, it must change sign and flow from past to future as normal matter. Thus, material from past and future meet and react in the eternal now to form matter as we know it. Such a universe is infinite in all four dimensions. The fabric of space lies at the interface between past and future. A beautiful symmetry. Galaxies in excess of 13.8 billion lightyears away from us are moving away at a speed greater than light. Thus, they cannot be seen.
