The Runaway Universe-bookcover

By: John Cowley

The Runaway Universe

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No matter in which direction we look out from our position in space, everything is moving away from us at an ever-increasing rate. The Runaway Universe. It appears as though we are living on the surface of a balloon which is being inflated by the force of the Big Bang which first brought our universe into being. While some scientists believe that the universe will eventually run out of energy and die, others, including the author, suggest another, more exciting possibility. What if this universe is just one incarnation of a continuous series of universes that recycles through a sequence of expansions (Big Bangs) and contractions (Black Holes)? This book expands on ideas developed in Energy and Everything, the first of a three-part series by the author examining recent developments in the fields of particle physics and cosmology. Readers are invited to join the author in some interesting and challenging thought experiments designed to examine what is reality and what is illusion, all smoke and mirrors. Is the universe we live in merely a stage on which we act out our lives, telling our stories in a continuous, never-ending series of stories that join with countless other stories in a book called Life?

John Cowley was born in the north of England just before World War II. He attended Grammar School from 1949 to 1957, followed by a university scholarship and teacher training at the City of Leeds Teacher Training College. He also served as a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy from 1963 to 1968. He migrated to Australia in 1968.


He worked as a science teacher and headmaster from 1968 until retirement in 2000. Now retired, he is pursuing interests as a science writer, painter, and philosopher.


John Cowley holds a Master of Education (MEd) from Queensland University of Technology, awarded in 1997 and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), initially registered at Ballarat University in Victoria and completed at Calamus International University in 2002.

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