At the age of 44, Robert Lanigan-O'Keeffe,
an amateur astronomer, attended a function when he innocently
found himself involved in a scientific argument with those
present. Soon, the heated discussion involved all scientific fields,
from cosmology, to chemistry and physics. For 36 hours the
scientific banter continued. Taking on the role of the devil's
advocate, Robert proposed alternate theories to challenge the
credibility of the arguments by those present. Robert cited the
mistakes made during the infancy of each science, mistakes that
established the fundamental argument to change the credibility of
the sciences.
Peter Bogaard, (one of those
present) defended the sciences, but was swamped by Robert's
powerful and convincing arguments. Relentlessly Robert attacked
every science in presenting for the first time, a theory on
everything; a theory that may not be accepted by the scientific
community, for at least 50 years. As the argument grew to a close,
Peter demanded that Robert put pen to paper, to review the
arguments in print, as a scientific paper. But there was no way
Robert could write the single scientific paper that Peter
demanded. His arguments attacked the very foundations of
scientific theory, all scientific terms, the laws and the rules
that defiine how such papers need to be written. Robert was in a
catch-22 situation.
After almost two months of
badgering by Peter, significantly, on May 1st 1995, Mayday,
(the radio call for international distress), Robert began to
write. He completed a simple 13 page document. Peter Bogaard was
not impressed, saying "AND, AND, There was a
great deal more to it than that? You missed all the cosmology,
the Big Bang and the theory of Tired Light. Where is your proof?
Where are galaxies shown in 3-D?"
On Robert's return home, he added
another 100 pages, dividing the work into seven chapters. More
questions were asked, and even more pages were added. Peter then
submitted the book for publishing but it was rejected over and
over again. It was described as unconventional science and would
make too many waves. The more it was rejected, the more questions
had to be answered because the referees wanted greater
clarification, so the work grew in size as even more pages were
added.
Eventually, the work ran into two,
400 page volumes, single spaced, with over 200 illustrations. The
book was again submitted to the publishers, only to be rejected
over and over again. It was too controversal. Very few referees
could understand the entire work, because they were all
specialists or readers without any scientific background. Why
would anyone attack all of science?
One referee described the author as
a scientific heretic and felt that as a science book, the work
was more like a story covering every gamet of science, so it is a
work of fiction, not science. Although every publisher rejected
this scientific heretic's work, many suggested that Robert self-publish
because the work has merrit.
On 8/11/1996, with Peter in
hospital, Robert promised Peter that no matter what happens, the
work Changing the Universe would be
published. Later that night, Peter passed away in his sleep, age
35. Robert continued and the work that grew into nine volumes to
answer the questions of each publisher's referees. It had become
a book for the very rich and outside the price bracket of the
amateur scientist or student. The world owes Peter Bogaard a
great deal, for without his badgering and faith, this work would
never have been written.
In 1999, Robert began a cut-down
version of the now 3,000 page work, into one volume of no more
than 300 pages. This work is presented here for interested
parties to download. It may be read, chapter by chapter, or
downloaded in sections. Readers of this work should ask the
question,
If the sciences can be proven to
be wrong, and the proofs are shown, why do publishers continue to
reject the work?
© Copyright Robert Lanigan-O'Keeffe.