This Incredible Universe

By Prof. Dr. Christopher Thomas

This book deals with the mysteriously fascinating but unsolved puzzles of all times for all human beings including the intricacies of our wonderful Universe. Even though our knowledge about Space and Time is very limited at this stage, man embarked on to discover its secrets and explore it further and further arriving at some amount of scientific conclusions so far and still continue earnestly in different ways using different means for the right answers for all his questions.

As we turn the pages, it peeps into the probabilities of origin and destiny of our world, the Solar System and its wonders, known theories about life’s origin in this world as well as man’s quest to find life elsewhere in the Universe, the beginnings of human kinds, human civilizations of the past, and end up with the riddle whether this world will survive or end on its own by going in accordance of the views from different angles such as religious, scientific and ecological interpretations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Prof. Dr. Christopher Thomas
• Release date: Mar 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476143989

Prof. Dr. Christopher Thomas

Dr. Christopher Thomas is a brilliant veteran writer and social worker, who produced several books on social, psychological, philosophical and religious subjects on people’s life, motivating them to become extra-ordinary.He is an Associate Professor in Human Rights with a European University. His aim is to reach out to more and more people with diverse subject books beside his other services to society. His meticulous and empathetic method of scripting and interface in unique and simple manner is reflected in his various works.Dr. Thomas resides in Chennai - India with his wife having spent several years of his successful and productive life in the Middle East countries.His published English works include the titles: Learning About Life, An Ideal society, Winning Wisdom, This Incredible Universe, and A shortcut Through The Bible, in addition to other vernacular writings.He is a Human Rights Counsellor and works for different charitable activities especially for the benefits of Dalits on which he was awarded a Doctorate. He is confident about Human Rights potentials within the framework of contemporary societies to benefit mankind largely. He is also the Founding Chairman of Friends Ever Foundation International, a non-profit service organization.He is an asset and promise for the present and future generations.

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This Incredible Universe

Prof. Dr. Christopher Thomas PhD

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This Incredible Universe

A subjective Portrayal of Universal Specifics, Astronomical Extravaganzas, Origin of Life on Earth and Civilizations

Foreword

It is with great pleasure that I accept the privilege of introducing the reader to this book, which sets out some of the fundamental truths of the mysteries of the universe. As the President of Intercultural Open University Foundation, I first encountered Dr. Christopher Thomas when he was completing his studies for his doctorate. I was very impressed with his dedication to social change, his imagination, pragmatic judgment and immense energy.

This book is not just another textbook. Rather, it is a record and an explanation of a quest to discover some universal truths about the universe. Dr. Thomas has a deep intuitive sense of the social, cultural, and cognitive structures latent in the practice of science. His book is an important contribution to the literature on cosmic science. Its most immediate didactic value resides in helping the reader to distinguish between myth and science in understanding the mysteries of the universe and to maintain a sense of hope for its future.

Many universal questions about the intricacies of the universe are critically examined in this book. I can report that the questions explored were invaluable in channeling my thinking about consciousness and the universe. I admire Dr. Christopher Thomas for the immense energy required to invent, produce, and develop this useful tool for thinking about the universe we live in.

I am sure it will serve the reader as a superb guide!

Prof. Dr. Sandra Hurlong Ph.D.

President

Intercultural Open University.

Opeinde, The Netherlands

Preface

Origin of this Universe and the world in which we live as part of it is probably the most fascinating but not wholly explained puzzle of all times and for this reason it is still a subject that is highly mysterious and equally motivating for all human beings to explore and learn further on all its intricacies.

We should consider ourselves very fortunate to live in a period that is scientifically and technologically much advanced than ever before. Even at this stage we do not even know for certain how this Universe came in to existence except for theories like the Big Bang what is widely acknowledged, and whether it is really flat in shape as believed or how far it is stretched. Conclusive evidences had not yet been confirmed on all these and many more secrets of the Universe. So, our knowledge about Space and Time is very limited even as great numbers of discoveries are embarked on all over the world mainly by the National Space and Aeronautic Association (NASA) and other agencies in the scientific world for definite answers to these puzzles. Each time a new theory comes up it either replaces or rectifies an earlier one, thereby shifting our knowledge from time to time.

The latest activity in this direction is the Large Hadrons Collider built deep beneath the Swiss-French border near Geneva by European Center of Nuclear Research or CERN. Thousands of scientists are said to be edging closer to uncover the origins of our Universe, by crashing protons together at very high speed expecting to re-create a condition of the very first moments of the birth of the Universe, as is believed. Though some progress is already made in this direction, the end results are expected later on.

The Universe is so vast beyond ordinary imagination, in which our mother Earth we live-in is just a small speck. Part of this vast Universe is our Solar System with its own Planets, moons, Asteroids, comets, dwarf Planets, and many other exciting objects. Beyond the Planet Earth is a vast space. How big the space is is a question that has been asked time and again. Earlier it was thought that the Universe was very small, perhaps only 5000 light years across. Five hundred years ago it was thought the Universe was only a little bit bigger than the Earth. In our time, with the power of technology we are finally starting to grasp the immense size of the Universe and its immense wonders much more than anyone could have ever imagined. Hopefully, we should be able to know one day the real measure of it.

This handbook is intended to provide basic knowledge of Space and Time in its few specified areas and not for reference purposes as most of its subject matters do constantly vary, when another new theory introduced or old one shunned. This work should enable my younger generation readers to understand some fundamental truths in a world where many myths and irrelevant superstitions are widely practiced and taught even today by people with vested interests, be it religious or social or whatever. This book should help to get acquainted with the mysteries of our Universe, for a start, of which we are undoubtedly minute but important part. Cosmic Science is always a thrill, and the thrill intensifies as we get to know more and more secrets of the Universe unveiled before us. And if we dare to think about the end of this mighty creation, that is its climax!

If this book, This Incredible Universe has a scientific slant, my major works titled Learning About Life and Winning Wisdom are both related to humanistic