There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.

To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.

Someone told me that each equation I included in my book would halve the sales. I did put in one equation, Einstein's famous equation, E = MC squared. I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers.

There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

If I knew what was going to happen in ten years I would do it now. I just follow my nose.

The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.