Based on the “lost” theories of Isaac Newton and Lord Kelvin, ”Atoms All the Way Down” explores an alternative theory to the ”Big Bang” in which galaxies are ”atoms” and stars are ”light.” The book offers simple explanations for galactic spirals, jets, and black holes; the ”cosmic web”; and the mass-color relationship
Atoms All the Way Down Posters/Media
This is an artistic rendering of the corkscrew-like object at the center of radio source SS433. According to Atoms All the Way Down, this is what the structure of an atom actually looks like. The corkscrew-like shape is consistent with the "vortex" model of the atom, which was popular among late Nineteenth-Century physicists like Lord Kelvin and James Clerk Maxwell.
This shows the basic structure of the "atom-galaxy," according to Atoms All the Way Down. (The original image is of radio source SS433, credit Brandeis Radio Astronomy Group.)
This shows the nearby galaxy group M81, in which the galaxies are connected by radio-loud streams. According to Atoms All the Way Down, this is what atomic bonding looks like. (Credit seds.org for image of the M81 Group.)
This shows a diagram of an amorphous solid material (left) and a map of the large-scale structure of the universe (right, taken from the SDSS "Map of the Universe," sdss.org) for comparison.
The Atoms All the Way Down "tower": atoms absorb photons, producing current (electrons). In the same way, galaxies "absorb" atoms (in black holes), producing photons. Atoms also generate photons from current; in the same way, galaxies generate atoms from a "current" of photons.
Alternative cover art for Atoms All the Way Down.