I have a lot going on Geezer, I'll be a more occasional visitor than regular.
I may have been unfair in saying that recurrent Universes fails Occam's razor. If the fundamental constants that govern the Universe Change with each it's as good a solution as the ideas of Multi-verses.
It might do away with the Inflationary epoch which is unpalatable but supported by evidence.
However it does require that you take a bit of a leap of faith with him and accept the idea that the second law of Thermodynamics is fundamentally flawed.
As holy Cows go that's a big one! It's what says that broken wine glasses don't remake themselves!
Penrose suggests that the background radiation has structure in it, circles infact.
Well - we'll see
If you want an overview have a quick read here:
http://io9.com/569470...e-before-the-big-bang