1. Why do we as humans always seek to find smaller and smaller "things" inside of other things (i.e. nesting dolls on p. 457 or quarks)?

2. How easy was it to understand the science and math in the paper based on your science or math background. Is a comprehensive math and science background needed to understand this paper?

3. On page 473, the author predicts that quarks are the smallest particles. However, he goes on to say that he could be surprised because there are always surprises in science. Do you believe the quark is the smallest particle or do you think we will be surprised by something smaller? 4. Why do theists try to one-up questions that seem to question our dependence/existence of/to God by inserting some primordial conditions? (pg 458)

5. Based on original theories of what an atom is, invisible and indivisible, did the scientific community just misidentify what the theorized atom truly was?

6. Are the "four fundamental forces" just named required assumptions made to explain otherwise inexplicable phenomena? For instance, it is apparently axiomatic that matter is attracted to other matter via the gravitational force, but we don't necessarily know why that is the case.