Our Cosmic Story is now available. Click the Menu tab above to learn more about the book and keep updated on its progress, including the regular podcast series.
It is rare that we get a chance to reflect upon life, to smell the roses or to look at the cosmic picture. Yet it is important to find the time for such reflection. This book will explore our place in the universe, examine why Earth is such a hospitable place for life and civilization, and assess the likelihood for life to exist on other worlds. How did humanity appear at all on this pale blue dot? How did our fantastically complex civilization develop? When will we encounter other civilizations out there, if ever?
This book is a big picture of our fantastically intricate universe and all the potential it has for life and civilization. We’ll explore the story of our place in the cosmos, and the chance for other civilizations out there as well that may be doing the same.
Our Cosmic Story Offers:
- Appreciate how Earth is good for life and civilization
- Provide a historical account of early civilization on Earth
- Reveal what it takes to build a technological civilization
- Discover the numerous perils that befall civilizations
- Explore the vast cosmos in search of habitable planets
- A view on civilizations elsewhere in the cosmos
A Review of the Chapters:
- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for Life and Civilization
- Chapter 2: Evolution and the Building Blocks of Life
- Chapter 3: The Rise of Civilization on Earth
- Chapter 4: The Engine of Modern Civilization
- Chapter 5: A House of Cards: The Downfall of Civilization
- Chapter 6: Exploring the Cosmos
- Chapter 7: The Boundaries of Habitability
- Chapter 8: The Scale of Things
- Chapter 9: Is Anyone Out There?
Our Cosmic Story is now available at: amazon.com/author/mathewanderson
Thank you for reading!