Edited by author 08-25-2006 11:26 PM
Of course we have tools for exploring the universe - consider a magnifying glass. It allows you to see things that are very small, such as the pores on a blade of grass or on the back of your hand. Microscopes and telescopes are also tools for observing the universe. So is, or was, Stonehege.

I once did an experiment with two balloons, a ruler, and some string (blow up the balloons, tie them to the ruler, one at each end. Balance the ruler so that it's level. Pop one of the ballons. The other balloon will go down. Proof that air has mass).

The problem is that increasing vision is increasingly expensive, and demanding not just money but also technology.

I wrote an essay on the subject of forces on atomic nucleii, refer to http://www.commercialventvac.com/~jeffs/ForcesOfTheUniverse.html