Overheard Before "The Big Bang"

By John Thomas Sutherland

The Hubble Telescope has enabled us to see what we could only see dimly before and sometimes to see what we had never seen before.  After reading "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" by Neil deGrasse Tyson, I was inspired to think about the time before time; i.e. the time before "The Big Bang".  With some ESA/Hubble

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Sutherland
• Release date: Sep 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781641365628

John Thomas Sutherland

John Sutherland is a native son of Florence at the Shoals, Alabama where he lives with his wife and four dogs: Tinker Belle, a fourteen year old tea cup chihuahua ( now more like a tea pot chihuahua); LuLu, a ten year old beagle fox hound mix( or as my wife prefers, a long legged beagle); Sam (Samantha), a six year old wire hair terrier and Happy, a three year old Lab. We also have three children and nine grandchildren aged from two years old to twenty to help keep us young. We also have moles, chipmunks, squirrels and birds to add color and excitement to our back yard. In addition to playing in the dirt I enjoy fishing, thinking original thoughts and building scale models of the Great Pyramid.

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Cosmos, Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, North America, USA

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Barry Morris who encouraged me to publish some of my musings.

I extend my sincere appreciation to the Florence / Lauderdale Public Library where this book was conceived, written and edited;especially James Mitchell, Digital Lab Manager.

Thanks to the ESA/Hubble entity for their magnificent images.

Thanks to Tom and Mary White for their suggestions.

Thanks to my wife who provided encouragement, support, companionship, laughter, smiles, hugs and a whole lot more.

Praise to God for his many blessings especially for the Folly of Man, Laughter and this magnificent universe.

Dedication

To Carol Nell,

You are the love of my life.

Forever Young

Contents:

Chapter 1

…Let there be light…

…ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!

…oops

…Here goes nothing!

…Are you sure this is microwavable?

"…Heat for One Millionth of