Upon following the work of Marcus Chown

TO: Marcus Chown, London
FM: Bruce E. Camber
RE: The start of universe: With a little humor; with books, The Magicians [1]; finding “A crack in everything” [2]; homepage(s); more to come…

Second communication: 3 June 2026

Hi Marcus,

Reading “A Crack in Everything,” I thought you might enjoy seeing this image — https://81018.com/15-2/ — which could be within earlier notations, but not Notations-0 to 4.

It may be the penultimate crack in everything. The ultimate would be closer to the four most basic infinitesimal cracks generated by π-e-φ-√2, in the process of discretizing everything, everywhere throughout all time. https://81018.com/ppc-2/

-Bruce

First communication: 27 May 2026

Hi Marcus, 

Our biggest challenge has always been the definition of the first seconds of the universe. The very first moment, we call it “Notation-0” and use it to define a base-2 scale to try to see what is going on there.  

We start with a toy model with Planck-scale numbers (along with all their dimensionless constants); the most simple three-dimensional thing, the sphere; the inherent continuity-symmetry-harmony of that shell sphere and four irrational numbers — pi, Euler’s number, phi, and the square root of 2 — shaping it and giving it character; and even an inherent finite-infinite geometric model-and-mechanism within a tetrahedron-octahedron —  https://81018.com/planck-polyhedral-core/  Too complex? Too simple? Too simple to be true?

It’s the first blush of order and gives us the first definition of a relation, symmetry. If one Planck Length-Planck Time is equal to one shell sphere, basic math tells us that 18.5 tredecillion spheres manifest every second.

That’s quite enough to get started.

Follow the numbers. Organize them through base-2 notation, Planck Length-Planck Time expand to the approximate size and age of the universe in just over 202 notations.  We’ve got a scale;  when we first looked at it, we came up with this: https://81018.com/81018-model/

AI platforms helped to shape it: https://81018.com/universe-highly-integrated-view/ then simplify it: https://81018.com/arxiv1v2-toy-model/

So, yes, our picture of the cosmos is incredibly detailed but it, too, is by no means complete!

Thank you for all that you do to challenge us to think!

We are trying.

Warmly,

Bruce

[1] The Magicians, Faber, 2020: Chown highlights monumental triumphs in 20th-century physics, including:

  • The prediction and discovery of unknown planets and invisible force fields.
  • Theoretical concepts of black holes, antimatter, and ripples in space-time.
  • Subatomic particle predictions—such as Paul Dirac’s conception of the electron’s anti-particle and the proposal of the neutrino.
  • The theoretical origin of the Higgs boson, which was predicted long before it was finally confirmed by the Large Hadron Collider

[2] ‘A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage‘ at the Royal Institution, 23 September 2024: What is space? What is time? Where did the Universe come from? The answers to mankind’s most enduring questions may lie in science’s greatest enigma: black holes.

Please note: Our question to Marcus Chown. Might we find a redefinition of black holes so they co-exist at the centers of stars? Could there be such a thing as “clear holes” and assume that definition will somehow be related to our understanding of wormholes? Are wormholes related to geometry, particularly related to the tetrahedral-octahedral gap? Or, are they better related to the finite-infinite bridge created by “the never-ending, never-repeating patterns of π-e-φ-√2” and be four gaps from the four plates of tetrahedrons-and-octahedrons? We’d only be guessing.-BEC

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