Rules for Eternity: There is No Beginning; There is No End
About this ebook
Wherever we happen to be sitting on the evolutionary time-line, we are always at the boundary between the known and the unknown. The future provides increasingly fertile ground for theoretical physicists to explore, but the demands they place on engineering for proof are becoming prohibitive. Eventually Science will reach the limits of verification at both the sub-atomic and outer cosmic level, where none of the competing theories can be deemed more acceptable than the rest.
About the author
John was raised in country Victoria, Australia, where an uncluttered lifestyle provided ample opportunity for hands-on exposure to the wonders of nature. At the University of Melbourne he took out an honours degree in Science, thus qualifying as a Particle Physicist. Although he was well-qualified and enthusiastic, it soon became apparent that nuclear-phobic Australia offered quite limited career prospects in that field. He then completed a second degree in Electrical Engineering.
For several years John worked with Schlumberger as an oil engineer, before retiring to coastal Queensland where he established a small electronics business. It was not commonly known, but this business was purely a front to facilitate his desire to invent things. His proudest achievement was possibly the Computaphon, the world´s first electronic phone.
None of John´s inventions was ever commercialised as he expressed little interest beyond building prototypes and proof-of-concept. He later gravitated to software development, a pursuit which continues to this day. However, none of these ´day jobs´ managed to overshadow his fundamental love –- Cosmology.
After graduating in Science at The University of Melbourne in 1966, Philip Rayment completed research degrees of MSc and PhD in mathematical statistics, working in the field of decision theory. In an academic career spanning over thirty-five years, he taught mathematics, statistics and scientific method at The University of Melbourne, the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, The Open University in the United Kingdom, Monash University and Federation University Australia. He has had a strong involvement in distance and online learning across his career.
