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3.0 Purchase
This page summarizes the table of contents of the three books and shows how they
can be purchased.. These books are:
(A) Adrian Bjornson, The Mystery of Creation,
Addison Press, 2003, ISBN
09703231-3-1, (192 pages, 28 illustrations).
(B) Adrian Bjornson, The Scientific Story of Creation,
Addison Press, 2002, ISBN 09703231-2-3,
(272 pages, 35 illustrations).
(C) Adrian Bjornson, A Universe that We Can Believe,
Addison Press, 2000, ISBN 09703231-0-7,
(316 pages, 43 illustrations).
Book A is a simplified version of Book
B.
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2.1 Summary of Contents of the Books
The concepts
summarized in this website are explained in detail in the following books:
(A)
Adrian Bjornson, The Mystery of Creation,
Addison Press, 2003, ISBN 09703231-3-1,
(192 pages, 28 illustrations).
(B)
Adrian Bjornson, The Scientific Story of Creation,
Addison Press, 2002, ISBN 09703231-2-3,
(272 pages, 35 illustrations).
The
following book by the author contains supporting information:
(C)
Adrian Bjornson, A Universe that We Can Believe,
Addison Press, 2000, ISBN 09703231-0-7,
(316 pages, 43 illustrations).
The
books are supported by analyses for the scientist that are presented in Section
5 (Addendum) of this website. Book A is a simplified version of Book B.
The Library Cataloguing specification for Book C is given in Section 2.2.
Sections 2.3 to 2.5 give the Tables of Contents of Books A to C, respectively
2.2
Library Cataloguing Data for
ISBN 09703231-0-7
Publisher's Cataloguing-in-Publication
(Provided by Quality Books, Inc.)
Bjornson, Adrian.
A universe that we can believe / Adrian Bjornson.
--
1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.
Cosmology. 2. Gravitation. 3. Astrophysics.
4. Relativity (Physics). 5. Yilmaz, Huseyin. 6. Einstein,
Albert, 1879-1955. I. Title.
QB982.B56 2001
523.1
QB100-798
2.3
Table of Contents for Book A
The Mystery of Creation
Dedication
and acknowledgements
v
Foreword
vi
Preface
xii
1.
Introduction
1
Our mystical Milky Way
1
The creation of our sun and our earth
2
Life cycles of our sun and other stars
2
The universe that lies beyond our milky way
4
Meaning of the
Hubble expansion
4
Initial size of the Big Bang universe
6
Einstein's
rejection of the singularity
8
Limitations of the Einstein theory
9
The Yilmaz theory
of gravity 10
The Yilmaz cosmology model
10
The universe
predicted by the Yilmaz theory
11
Understanding the
Einstein and Yilmaz theories
13
2.
Creation of the sun, earth, and stars
14
The creation of
our sun and our earth
14
Early microscopic life
15
The evolution of multi-celled plants and animals
16
The emergence of humanity
18
Was there a Divine spark in the development of humanity? 20
The life cycle of the stars
20
The structure of the atom
23
Densities of white dwarf and neutron stars
23
3. Our
mysterious universe
26
The
characteristics of our universe
26
Our Milky Way galaxy 26
What is a nebula?
26
Distances to the stars
27
Parallax method for measuring stellar distances
28
Measuring the distances of remote stars
29
Measuring the radial velocity of a star
30
The Hubble
expansion of the universe
30
Meaning of the Hubble expansion
31
Modern measurements of the Hubble constant
32
The observable universe
33
The apparent age of the universe 33
Alternatives to
the Big Bang theory
34
The Hubble expansion is apparent
34
The Steady-State Universe theory
35
The Big Bang
theory
36
Definition of the singularity
36
Cosmic microwave background radiation
38
Spectrum of radiation from an ideal blackbody
39
Blackbody temperature of cosmic microwave radiation
41
Cosmic microwave radiation for the Yilmaz cosmology model
42
The black hole
42
The Schwartzschild solution to General Relativity
44
The black hole prediction
44
Modern acceptance of the black hole singularity
45
The quasar
45
Quasar observations by astronomer Halton Arp
46
Explanations for
intrinsic redshift
48
Gravitational redshift
48
The Marmet redshift 49
The mysterious
dark matter
49
Understanding the
Einstein and Yilmaz theories
50
4.
Newton's theory of gravity
51
The Copernicus revolution
in astronomy
51
The astronomical system of Ptolemy
51
The astronomical theory of Copernicus
51
The planetary laws of Kepler
52
Galileo and his telescope
53
The motion of a falling body
54
Newton's laws of mechanics
56
Application of Newton's
laws 57
Engineering use of Newton's laws
57
Calculation of the acceleration of gravity
58
The orbits of planets 59
Orbit of the moon
61
Why are astronauts weightless?
62
How Cavendish weighed the
earth
63
5. The
nature of light
65
What is a light wave?
65
Mechanical waves
65
Electromagnetic waves
66
Principle of an electromagnetic wave 67
Measuring
the speed of light
68
The Michelson-Morley Experiment
70
The contraction hypothesis
71
The Lorentz transformation
72
The Einstein Relativity principle 72
Reaction
to the Einstein Relativity theory
73
6.
Einstein Special theory of Relativity 75
Measuring the speed of
light
75
The
Einstein theory of Relativity
76
The principles of Relativity
77
Explanation of constancy of the speed of light
78
Symmetry of relations between observers A and B
79
Replacing the observer by a set of coordinates
80
Four dimensionality of space and time
80
Variation of mass of an
object
81
Proper coordinates for the electron 82
Converting matter into
energy 82
7. Einstein
General theory of Relativity
84
Generalizing the
Relativity principle
84
Equivalence between acceleration and gravity
84
Redshift produced by gravity
85
Effect of gravity on clock rate 87
Effects produced by the sun's gravitational field
87
Change of spatial dimensions and speed of light due to gravity
88
Einstein's basis for
generalizing Relativity theory
88
Verification of general relativity 90
The meaning of a tensor 91
The vector 92
The tensor 93
Application of the tensor
to general relativity
96
The metric tensor 97
The Ricci curvature tensor
98
The energy-momentum tensor
98
The Einstein gravitational field equation
99
Outline of Einstein theory calculations
99
The Schwartzschild solution
of the Einstein theory
99
Computer solutions of the Einstein theory
101
8. The
Yilmaz theory of gravity
102
Derivation of the Yilmaz solution
102
The Yilmaz gravitational field equation 103
The general time-varying Yilmaz theory
103
Discussion of the Yilmaz
theory
104
Reason for opposition to
the Yilmaz theory
105
Consistency with quantum
mechanics
106
Diagonal character of Yilmaz metric tensor
106
9. Applying
the Einstein and Yilmaz theories
107
Relativistic
effects produced by gravity
107
The normalized relativistic mass m
108
Effect of gravity on the
speed of light
109
The black hole
singularity
110
Misleading astronomical evidence for black holes
112
Second limit to the Schwartzschild solution
112
Gravitational effects on distance and clock rate
113
Effect of gravity on wavelength
114
10.
Evidence against the Big Bang 116
The editorial of Geoffrey
Burbidge
116
Eric Lerner and Nobel Laureate
Hannes Alfven
117
The Big Bang age dilemma
118
Mythological philosophy of Big Bang research
119
The modern
Big Bang singularity
122
11.
Weaknesses of the Einstein theory
123
Cannot achieve a
two-body solution
123
Professor Carroll O. Alley
123
The single-body Schwartzschild solution
124
The analysis of Professor Alley
125
Reason for failure to achieve a
two-body solution
125
Conservation of
matter-plus-energy
126
Multiple solutions from the
Einstein theory
126
Variation of speed of light
with direction 127
The Einstein theory is not
rigorous
127
Finding the truth
128
Understanding our Universe
129
Einstein's search for a
unified field theory
130
12. The
Yilmaz cosmology model 132
Cosmological
implications of the Yilmaz theory
132
Description of
Yilmaz cosmology model
134
Reduction of speed of light, clock rate, and spatial dimensions
134
The Hubble expansion of the universe
138
How can gravity make the universe
expand?
141
Creation of matter
142
Cosmic microwave background
radiation
143
Uniqueness of Yilmaz theory
predictions
143
13. A
believable picture of our universe
144
The implications
of the Yilmaz cosmology model
144
Matter derived from gravitational waves
145
The local expansion of the universe 146
The second law of thermodynamics
146
Contents of the universe 149
The "observable" Yilmaz universe
149
Is the universe infinite?
150
Religious and philosophical
implications of our picture of the universe
151
The Biblical story of Creation
151
Our picture of the universe
152
APPENDICES
A. Density and matter in the universe
154
Luminous density of the universe
154
Dark matter
154
The source of dark matter
155
Total mass in the universe
156
Mass density of the
universe 157
Predicted
density of matter 157
Theoretical mass of the
universe
158
Rate of creation of matter 159
Size of the initial Big Bang
universe
159
B.
Cosmic microwave background radiation
160
Glossary
164
Bibliography
168
Index 171-176
2.4
Table of Contents for Book B
The Scientific Story of Creation
Dedication
and acknowledgements v
Foreword
vii
Preface
xiv
1.
Introduction
1
The eternal
questions of creation
1
Searching for
answers
2
The evolution of life on
earth
2
Our sun and our Milky Way
galaxy
4
The mystery of cosmology
4
Alternate explanations for
the Hubble expansion
6
The singularity concept
9
The Einstein General theory
of Relativity
9
The Yilmaz refinement of
the Einstein theory
10
Einstein's rejection of the
singularity concept
11
The Yilmaz cosmology model
12
The genius of Albert Einstein
13
Our scientific story of
creation
13
2. The
creation of life on earth
14
Early life
14
The first animals
15
Development of fishes
17
Amphibians invade the land
18
Spread of plants over the land
19
The reign of the reptiles
21
The slow rise of the mammals
24
The ascent of humans
25
Beyond the earth
33
3. The
creation of our stars
34