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The Big Crack Theory: An alternative to the Big Bang Theory

The Big Crack Theory: An alternative to the Big Bang Theory

Hardcover

Astronomy & Space

ISBN10: 1291712755
ISBN13: 9781291712759
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Apr 27 2026
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
What if the universe didn't begin with a bang at all? In The Big Crack, Dr John Williams challenges the prevailing story that everything emerged from nothing. He argues that the Big Bang's greatest weakness is its start problem: the leap from absolute nothingness to a universe overflowing with matter and energy. As an alternative, he proposes the Big Crack Theory-an origin model in which nothingness is redefined as an inert, infinitely dense, perfectly uniform solid with zero entropy. A single fracture introduces space into this Primary State, releasing fundamental units that separate, interact, and expand into the cosmos we observe today. With vivid analogies-from fireworks to fizzy pop-and a reflective essay on Eggistence that compares cosmic beginnings to embryonic growth, Williams invites readers to reconsider what it really means to start from nothing. Along the way he sketches provocative implications for inflation, the slowing of cosmic expansion, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy as properties of an underlying cosmic fabric he calls the Cosmic Matrix.

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