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    Universe of Light: Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
    Universe of Light: Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
    Universe of Light: Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
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    Universe of Light: Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

    By Cody Livengood

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    The answer to the biggest mysteries in physics can be found in the simple notion that, contrary to conventional theory, all things, including space itself, are composed of electromagnetic waves. Together, the waves form a substance or field separate from the immutable spatial dimensions in which that substance sits and deforms. Being the same substance, where matter is denser, space is denser also, resulting in the “warping of the fabric of spacetime” and the “extra mass” behind dark matter. Waves, and the objects they make up, travel toward the densest regions in space, resulting in gravitation. At the subatomic scale, the waves spiral to form vortexes, which are the true forms of particles, seamlessly connected to the space around them. Particles being made of waves explains why matter exhibits properties of both waves and particles and why nothing can travel faster than the speed of light – because everything is made of light. This light is the energy that is conserved and used in all physical operations and why mass is determined by the amount of energy in an object (E=mc2). Space itself stretches as waves move and gather, causing light traveling through space to become stretched as it travels. Space is stretching, as the conventional theory claims, but not as the universe expands; instead, it is stretching toward the galaxies, discounting dark energy and the Big Bang. Details about this long-sought-after theory of everything can be found in Universe of Light.

    The philosophical principle known as Occam's razor states that when there exists two explanations for an occurrence, the simpler one is more likely to be true. And no proposed theory of everything could be simpler than one that claims that everything in the universe is made up of just one thing: light.

    Topics covered include: time, gravity, dark matter, black holes, energy, particle creation, wave-particle duality, magnetic monopoles, antimatter, electric charge, ionization, the creation of lightning, quantum mechanics, quantum fluctuations, the coronal heating problem, redshift and how it applies to cosmic expansion, cosmic inflation, dark energy, and the Big Bang, and more.

    Originally released in November of 2015.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCody Livengood
    Release dateAug 13, 2019
    ISBN9780463530108
    Universe of Light: Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
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    Cody Livengood

    Cody Livengood is a physics major (senior) with a 4.0 GPA and is an employee of Boeing's Defense, Space, and Security division at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility. He was home-schooled, and is married and a Christian. He has an interest in science, technology, education, theology, and psychology. He has been persistently working on the Universe of Light theory since 2015 and plans to do so until it either gets accepted or someone can explain why it can’t be true.

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      Universe of Light - Cody Livengood

      Universe of Light

      Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

      by

      Cody Livengood

      Copyright © 2015 Cody Livengood

      Distributed by Smashwords

      ISBN: ‎ 978-0463530108

      LCCN: 20229134

      Contents

      (1) Intro

      (2) Particle Creation and Wave-Particle Duality

      (3) General Relativity and Gravity

      (4) Cosmic Expansion, Cosmic Inflation, and Dark Energy

      (5) The Intergalactic Medium

      (6) Dark Matter

      (7) Black Holes and Galactic Vortexes

      (8) Entropy, Quantum Fluctuations, and Particle Annihilation

      (9) Time

      (10) Magnetic Fields

      (11) Electric Charge

      (12) Quarks, Protons, and Neutrons

      (13) Atomic Structure and Photon Emission

      (14) The Atomic Size Limit, Radioactivity, and Phase Change

      (15) Magnets

      (16) Electromagnetic Induction

      (17) Static Discharge and Lightning

      (18) Solar Corona and Celestial Heat

      (19) Predictions

      (1) Intro

      The conventional narrative in physics goes something like this: 13.8-billion years ago, the universe began with the Big Bang. At first, all of the energy and spacetime (i.e., space and time together as a 4-dimensional continuum) in the universe was contained within an infinitely dense point (i.e., a singularity). Immediately, space inflated by a factor of at least 10²⁶ (that’s 10 with 26 zeros behind it) in less than a trillionth of a trillionth of a second (between 10−32 and 10−36 seconds). There are four fundamental forces: the strong force (which is carried by the gluon), the weak force (which is carried by the W and Z bosons), electromagnetism (which is carried by the photon), and gravity (which is mediated by the Higgs boson and hypothetical gravitons). On the smallest scales, things are made up of tiny, vibrating strings and governed by the laws of quantum mechanics, where matter is both a wave and a particle acting based on probability waves and observations, potentially branching into many separate universes. There are many different types of particles in existence (at least seventeen), and each of them are excitations within their corresponding fields which permeate the entire universe (e.g. electrons manifest in the electron field, photons manifest the photon field, etc.). Both matter and antimatter were created in equal quantities, but, after the matter and antimatter particles annihilated each other, for every billion matter-antimatter particle pairs, one matter particle remained, leaving us with all the matter we have now. The expansion of the universe slowed down drastically, but 7.7-billion years later, the expansion began accelerating again due to a mysterious dark energy. Furthermore, the universe is filled with clusters of invisible, massive particles, called dark matter, which only reacts with normal matter through its gravitational pull. In fact, normal matter makes up less than 5% of the universe – the remaining 95% is comprised of roughly 27% dark matter and 68% dark energy. Particles in empty space are constantly popping in and out of existence. When a star collapses and its matter gathers together tightly enough, it creates a black hole singularity. Lastly, time is relative rather than absolute, and it is caused by the increase of entropy.

      Now, what if you were told that everything you’ve just read in that conventional narrative is not true? Well, brace yourself, because chances are it’s not true – not one bit of it, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg for the fallacies in physics. Those are the ideas that are currently perpetuated, but, as you’ll soon see, reality is much different than what we’ve been told, and, indeed, much simpler and more cohesive. So, how do things really work? If any of the following statements don’t make sense to you, perhaps they will after you read the subsequent sections wherein the concepts are explained in detail. Also, the explanations benefit from being paired with visuals, but most of which haven’t been made yet. I’ll begin by giving you the answer, then, later, I’ll give you the evidence. Contrary to the conventional narrative, only one object or body exists. All things, including space itself, are the result of the motion and location of a single substance comprised solely of electromagnetic waves (i.e., light – hence the name Universe of Light) forming a field within and separate from the immutable spatial dimensions in which that substance sits. Space (i.e., the field that objects are made of and travel through) being a physical material and separate from the spatial dimensions is a key fundamental difference from the conventional explanation, but one that leads to accurate explanations for observed phenomena and unsolved mysteries. Space varies in density within the spatial dimensions by containing various concentrations of that sole substance (or energy). Waves in this field travel toward (and through) the densest regions, spiraling to form vortexes seamlessly connected to the space around them. Those vortexes are the true forms of particles. Particles being made of electromagnetic waves explains why they exhibit properties of both waves and particles and the reason why nothing can travel faster than the speed of light – because everything is made of light. This light is the energy that is conserved and used in all physical operations and why mass is determined by the amount of energy in an object (E=mc²). Space gathers as objects belonging to the only existing material body are brought together. The waves, which particles are made of, travel toward the densest region in space – that being objects, which are made of space – resulting in gravity. Material space is separate from the spatial dimensions. Time truly has no speed and is the same everywhere (absolute), because light is the only thing that moves and it has

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