Author: Administrator
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Our Undetermined Future
If we wish to not stumble back into a new dark age, we must do everything humanly possible to avoid the fall of civilization. On a global scale, this means securing our aging power grids from natural disaster or attack, stockpiling key resources such as food, medicine, and water in protected shelters in all major…
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The True Nature of Reality
What if all we know and experience was simply a film reel of a static existence and time is simply an emergent illusion? The tiniest moments of time are the frames on a reel of film – a snapshot from a camera. Play the film and you get a deterministic movie. The characters in that…
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Stop Saying ‘Earth-like’ For Discovered Exoplanets
We need to stop saying ‘Earth-like’ until we actually discover an exoplanet (or exomoon) that’s worthy of the title. While it’s exciting to hear the news of another discovery (and important to keep the public interested in the topic), it sets a poor precedence for how close we really are to discovering a planet that’s…
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A Review of The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos
First impressions are everything, even for the first few pages in a non-fiction book. When The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos arrived in the mail and I took an introductory scan through its pages, I knew a lot of time was put into the production of its contents. While I was already…
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Introducing Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1
Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1 will be available on April 19, 2018 at Amazon.com. Here is an introduction to the book: Exoplanet Wolf 1061C. Image courtesy: Nasa Finding exoplanets can be said to be more challenging than finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. It has taken centuries of advances to achieve the…
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The Fermi Paradox – “Where Is Everybody?”
An excerpt of The Fermi Paradox in the last chapter, ‘Chapter 9: Is Anybody Out There?’: Italian physicist Enrico Fermi asked in an informal chat over lunch in 1950 with other physicists, “Where is everybody?” The question has been asked as long as humans have known that space is filled with so much more than…
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On the Shoulders of Giants – Quotes from Great Thinkers
To add a little spice to my upcoming book about life, civilization, and the universe, each chapter is kicked off by a quote from a great thinker from civilization’s deep history. These quotes closely tie into what you will be reading throughout the chapter. Here they all are in one scoop! Opening: “Equipped with his…
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A Tribute to Our Earth on This Earth Day
To celebrate this Earth Day, an appropriate quote from the ending of my book. I hope it resonates with you on what this day should mean to us all: “Possibly for the first time since the Universe began, matter and energy have come together in such a way as to be able to ask the…
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Our Cosmic Story – An Introduction
The editing phase for Our Cosmic Story is nearly finished! To celebrate this upcoming milestone, I am releasing the introduction to the book here as a blog update. I would love to hear what you think of it. Enjoy! INTRODUCTION – A BIG PICTURE VIEW “When scientists are asked what they are working on, their…
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The Oregon Trail and Great Distances
Editing of the last chapter of the book is in sight! 3 months writing, 13 months editing, whew! Here is the kick-off to ‘Chapter 8: The Scale of Things’. A nod to all my gamer friends: The Oregon Trail was a popular video game when computers were just becoming available to the public in the…