Read in 2011, a very foundational book on physics, narrated in a very easy lay-man terms.. This book talks about constants, in nature and how we need to interpret and listen to these constants.. These are my book notes, great book one can buy this book on Amazon... worth a read for science buffs

1. John D Barrow

2. Main Theme subjects
 Anti- anthropomorphic [ human centered ] measurement
 Measuring based on hands, to central standards in Paris, to
properties of nature
 The inevitability of constants of nature
 Einstein on Constants
 how came the values of the constants of nature?
 another thought of Einstein ;
 Was it pre-ordained, can they change?
 Why these specific odd values?
 Do they define current state and can life and the universe
exist with other values?

3. Unified theory of reality
 theory of everything
 quantum mechanics – theory of the Very Small ++
 general relativity to gether – Theory of the Very Large
 The universe must be a minimal age for it to have observers.
Atleast 1 generation of stars need to have died emitting
complex elements that result in life on the universe 10 Billion
years for that

4. CGH Cube: Theory of
Everything
 C > Special relativity
 G > Newton Gravitation
 H > Quantum Mechanics
 CG > General Relativity
 GH > Quantum Newton Gravity
 CH > Quantum field theory
 CGH > TOE

5. The steps to universal theory
 Revelation > idea / discovery
 Elevation > definition
 Reduction > Pattern
 Elucidation > linkages > application
 Variation > Can change values
 Enumeration > calculation from 1st principles > explain it

6. Holderness number
 10^70,000,000,000,000
 Michael Holderness
 number of linkages possible in the human brain

8. Constant of action / the smallest quantum through
which energy can be supplemented or deducted.
Planck time [10 ^ -43 s
planck length [10 ^-40 m]
planck temperature [10^-23 c]

9. energy to temperature conversion

10. ~ 137

12. 1 wavelength of Cd red light 6438.8 Angstroms

14. 4 fundamental forces of
nature
 Gravitation
 Electro magnetic force
 Strong Nuclear force
 Weak Nuclear force

17. Quantum energy /

18. Cosmologist / fiction writer with character CGH
Tompkins /

19. Brought the pattern of numbers into constants |
calculated 10^80 as the number of particles in the
universe / described that there is something
symphonic about natural values like 10^80, 10^40
etc…

20. stipulated that the constants could vary especially
G inversely as the expanding universe

21. disposed diracs changing constant hypothesis
extrapolating to pre-cambrian times / Father of the
nuclear bomb along with Stan Ulam

22. Who defined the anthropic theory that we need to be in a
specific universe to observe it therefore are conditioned by
our context. Also that universe needs to have aged a
minimum time to generate the complex elements and
therefore life, before there can be any observer
Another form of anthropocentric theory is defined

25. At the end of the universe you would have to use
the pass tense a lot, everythings been done you
know!

26. There was a crooked man who built a crooked
house

29. Expanding & Expanse of
Universe?
 While the universe is described as an expanding universe
emanating from a big bang based on the observation of
galaxies moving apart based on red shift, are we restricting
ourselves to the visible universe and thereby defining the
overall universe?
 Could the universe be much bigger?

30. Constants Change? How
does it propagate?
 On the observation that constants change over a period
albeit slowly, how does the change propagate?
Instantaneously ? or across time and universally or locally? If
it does propagate instantaneously then information and
therefore the change in condition happens much faster than
light?

31. What is Gravity / Graviton
 Gravity has a large wavelength tending to infinity. Would that
mean that gravity applies between bodies faster than light or
would it also need time as much as light to have effect on
adjacent objects?

32. Multi-dim Universe
 about a 3 + 1 dimension universe, the higher dimensions
are considered to be extremely local in the magnitude of
10^-30 how would that effect the general understanding of
the universe

33. What are the constants of
nature?
 How did science evolve to understand the constants of
nature?

34. What is not anthropocentric?
 Is idol worship bad ?
 But what about text and language itself?
 What about counting and numbers?
 what is not anthropomorphic? truly?