The Scientific Story of Creation
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Our story of creation begins with the evolution of life on earth, since our earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago. Next, the creation of our sun and other stars are described, along with their eventual death. Finally we explore the greatest mystery of all, the creation of our universe.
Most astronomers maintain that our universe exploded with a Big Bang about 15 billion years ago. Computer studies of the Einstein General theory of Relativity are the foundation for modern Big Bang research. These studies have predicted that our universe began as a "singularity", in which the density of matter was practically infinite. A noted authority has claimed that the present observable universe (30 billion light years in diameter) was "smaller than a dime" at the instant of the Big Bang.
Yet Einstein absolutely rejected "singularity" predictions derived from his theory. He insisted that, "singularities do not exist in physical reality". During Einstein's lifetime, the Big Bang theory used the concept of George Gamow, who postulated that the initial universe consisted of tightly packed neutrons, and weighed 300 million tons per cubic centimeter, which Gamow considered to be the greatest possible density of matter. With the Gamow postulate, the observable universe would have just fit within the orbit of Mars. It would have been 10 trillion times wider than is predicted by modern Big Bang theories. To add insight to this controversy, the book explains the Einstein theory in simple yet scientifically accurate terms that can be understood by the average reader. It also describes the gravitational theory of Huseyin Yilmaz, which has refined the Einstein theory and has eliminated its singularity predictions. When applied to cosmology, the Yilmaz theory predicts an infinitely old "Steady-State" universe, in which energy radiated from stars is converted into diffuse matter that compensates for the universe expansion.
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We begin our story by studying the creation of life on earth. Then we raise our eyes to the heavens to see how our stars, our sun, and our earth were created., and how they will eventually die. Finally we examine the greatest mystery of all, the creation of our universe, which seems to be flying apart from an explosion.
The Whirl pool galaxy on the front cover is like our vast Milky Way Galaxy, which has 100 billion stars. Yet our expanding universe is so enormous it contains billions of similar galaxies.
The renowned nuclear physicist George Gamow postulated that our universe was created in a tremendous Big Bang explosion, which started with the density of a neutron star. It consisted of tightly packed neutrons and weighed 300 million tons per cubic centimeter. Gamow considered this to be the greatest density of matter that is physically possible. At the instant of the Big Bang, the observable universe would have just fit within the orbit of Mars.
Modern Big Bang cosmologists have discarded the Gamow concept. They have used the Einstein General theory of Relativity to prove that the universe began as a "singularity" which ideally means an infinite density of matter. They claim that the observable universe was initially "smaller than a dime".
Yet Einstein absolutely rejected the "singularity' as being physically impossible when a black-hole singularity was predicted from his theory in 1939. Except for that, no scientist proposed that the Einstein theory predicted a singularity while Einstein was alive.
The non-physical singularities of the Einstein theory have been eliminated by the gravitational theory of Huseyin Yilmaz, whichi s a refinement of the Einstein theory. This book explains the Einstein and Yilmaz theories in simple physical terms.
The Yilmaz theory yields a universe similar to the Steady-State Universe theory proposed in 1948 by Fred Hoyle. It predicts that the energy radiated from stars is converted into diffuse matter to compensate for the universe expansion. The universe continually changes and thereby stays eternally young although it is infinitely old.
The Scientific Story of Creation,Adrian Bjornson,Addison Press,0970323123,Astronomy - Universe,Life Sciences - Evolution,Science,Science / Cosmology,Science / History,Astronomy,Big bang theory,Cosmology,Evolution,History
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