It was influenced by Stephen Hawking's book from 1988 'A Brief History of Time', which is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes". Back then it was the first time
Brett read that book. Brett: "
The lines 'Big Bang, big crunch/You know there's no free lunch' illustrate his concept that there is no extra energy in the universe. There's nothing lost. lf it goes out, it has to collapse. lt can't keep going forever."
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