FYI: That "Figure 32.9" is in his deluded book and really does have the temperature of the universe as about 2.75 K at t = 0!
Then he idiotically has the temperature decreasing as time passes and getting to 0 at ~6.2 x 1011 years.
The reality is that the temperature of the CMB is measured to increase from its current value of about 2.75 K with redshift so that at a redshift of 3 it is ~11 K.
Constraints on the CMB Temperature Evolution using Multi-Band Measurements of the Sunyaev Zel'dovich Effect with the South Pole Telescope
You are right - I did not make it clear that the idiotic bit was the temperature getting to 0, i.e. absolute zero, which is impossible.Slight correction here, the temperature of the Universe increases with redshift - ie. the past. Both the generally accepted Big Bang theory and surprisingly Mills agree that the universe cools as it expands.
Hmm, video of the formation of the "spider's web" here:
Can anybody explain what the likely chemical reaction actually is?
If you look closely at the first few frames you can see a thin filament between the two electrodes.
I'd bet that the silky stuff came from whatever happens when high voltage burns up tungsten.