[edwin hubble]

"..., I do not know except that I'm confident God will not allow us to learn more than we are able to "handle."


This is an interesting confluence of science and religion, Alamo-Girl.


Every century we are faced with another mystery coming from just over the horizon. Because we have to discover the mystery and learn enough to ask the questions, it comes to us in 'chapters'.

1600's the arrangement of the solar system
1700's the physics of motion
1800's electricity and magnetism
1900's quantum mechanics and relativity
2000's dark matter (the unknown 95% of the universe), and dark energy (an unknown something making the universe expand).

The last of these (the 2000's) might well be informed by additional dimensions.

(I left out all of biology, as it isn't my field).

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for that very compelling timeline! Fascinating!

[Boiler Plate]

Every century we are faced with another mystery coming from just over the horizon. Because we have to discover the mystery and learn enough to ask the questions, it comes to us in 'chapters'. 1600's the arrangement of the solar system 1700's the physics of motion 1800's electricity and magnetism 1900's quantum mechanics and relativity 2000's dark matter (the unknown 95% of the universe), and dark energy (an unknown something making the universe expand). The last of these (the 2000's) might well be informed by additional dimensions.

Ed,
I had heard that as well. Another interesting note is that the magnitude of the problem (iow the question) seems to be exponentially more difficult with each century. The strange part is with each answer there are just more questions. Is there an end game? Or after another 20 centuries will mankind feel just as puzzled about the universe as we do now?

None the less I think something very exciting is on the verge of being discovered. Regards,
Boiler Plate