Mysteries of the Universe: Answerable & Unanswerable Questions - Softcover

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PREFACE The Universe is a really big place. Current estimates say it is 92 billion light years in diameter, and getting bigger. Have you ever wondered how it all started and how it might end, or whether there is alien life on other planets, or whether time travel is possible and how life began? There must be answers to these and other fascinating questions about life and the universe, but in most cases we do not know what these answers are. However, that does not mean that we cannot make a best guess based on what we do know. That is what this book is about. It is a journey that allows us to wander through the Universe and wonder about the answers to many questions, some of which we know answers to and others to which we don’t. But that can’t stop us from speculating. CONTENTS Author’s Note Preface Introduction Question 1 How did the Universe begin? Question 2 Do other Universes exist (and what is the weight of an orange)? Question 3 How did Life begin? Question 4 How old are the Earth and the Universe? Question 5 Does Alien Life exist? Question 6 Could we travel to other stars and galaxies? Question 7 Is time travel possible? Question 8 Could we live longer? Question 9 How and when will the World end? Question 10 Is the future pre-determined? Question 11 Does prayer work? Question 12 Astrology: Sense or Nonsense? Question 13 Will we ever know everything? Question 14 The Creator question Appendix A Evidence and how to assess it Appendix B The Cosmic Distance Ladder – how astronomers measure distance Final comments FREE GIFT The Inescapable conclusion – a science fiction short story Index

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