Finally, universe comes together in one theory

Einstein, Tyson said, died trying to understand why his two laws of relativity could not be reduced to a single, more simple general description of relativity.

Tyson, an Albuquerque physicist, said his methodology was to inventory all of the paradoxes involving the universe of the past 3,000 years. Many cultures going back as far as the ancient Babylonians had their own cosmologies or studies of the structure of the universe.

What Tyson said he did was to divide those paradoxes into the most basic factors. He said he discovered that every known paradox was closely related, and they point to where science has erred.

In the first chapter of his book, he writes, “I will attempt to share with you a framework in which I will propose small changes – really only subtle tweaks – to only a handful of scientific interpretations that were presented and accepted as rote by the scientific community over the last 350 years or so. When these adjustments are folded into our understanding of the universe, we see that many, if not all, of the paradoxes that arise from the commonly accepted view of the universe simply evaporate.”

By applying his methodology, Tyson said, he found a surprising result – a simple understanding for the way the universe works. What emerged from his understanding was the Theory of Everything, which purports to connect all known physical phenomena.

Tyson said his formulation of the theory represents a revolution in scientific thinking.

The problem, he said, was to figure out how to introduce his sweeping concepts in a way that most members of the general public, not just scientists, can understand, embrace and take it to the next step.

“If my book does anything, and if I am correct, it shows how to manufacture and harvest gravity and how to put it to use for the betterment of society. That’s what the real goal of science is supposed to be and not to expend precious resources on large experiments that have no payback,” he said in a phone interview.

Over a 30-year career Tyson has worked for Sandia National Laboratories and other national laboratories as well as having served as an adviser to the Office of the Secretary of Defense on developing and planning space-computing technology.

Scott M. Tyson discusses, reads from and signs “The Unobservable Universe” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at Page One Bookstore, 11018 Montgomery NE. He also will have book events at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe; 1 p.m. July 24 at Borders in ABQ Uptown, 2240 Q St. NE; from 4-9 p.m. July 29 and from 2-6 p.m. July 30 at Hastings, 840-A Juan Tabo NE; and at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium, 2422 Juan Tabo NE.